Thunder: I think you are hurting your growth by not at least attempting this problem. If you are clueless on where to start I hope you read the threads muzz posted and are at least attempting it. These problems can be solved rather easily if you know how to calculate combos. You simply take the number of combos for a given hand, and divide that by the total combos in villains range. That give you the % of the time he has that hand.

Example: villain raises on AA, KK, AK preflop (don't worry about how likely this is). Well there is 6 combos of AA, 6 combos of KK, and 16 combos of AK. Therefore, villain is raising a total of 28 combos. Therefore, villain has AA 21.4% of the time (6/28), KK 21.4% of the time (6/28), and AK 57.1% (16/28).

Above is basically what you need to do. However, you must know how to calculate combos and work with blockers (example if you have an Ace in your hand the chances of villain having AA is cut in half).

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I just wanted to mention that it's important after you do this math not to just run to the forum, double check your answers, and then high five yourself and move on to the next post. When you start getting into the math it's easy to forget that while this is a math question, it's more importantly a poker question. So learn the math, get good at it, but also don't forget to step back and look at what this math is telling us about these situations.
I absolutely agree with this.. Understanding the math is great and all. But if you don't understand what it actually means, and how you should apply this stuff to your common poker situations then you are missing out on the most helpful part of knowing how to do this. Learn it, but then make sure you apply it.

Vinland: I'll let you attempt 3 on your own, but if you need help on how to do it then you can either post here or shoot me a pm and I'll see if we can't get it worked out for you.

Monty: Question 1 is correct. Good job.. On 2.1 and 2.2 you are only off by a small margin. Look back at the number of combos for AK and AA/KK in relation to the flop. 2.3 is correct.

To everyone that didn't get the correct answers I highly suggest going back and trying to find your errors before looking at someone else's work or just giving up. It will help you loads to find your own errors. And remember if you don't know how to do it, don't be ashamed to ask for fear of sounding like a donk/noob/whatever. If you are afraid to admit you need help, then you will never get that help.