How big of a hand do we need for value betting? For how much can we bet? What to do on a raise? How important is our perceived range?

You're in position, on the river and your opponent has checked. To bet or not to bet? That is the question.

From the cut off, you defended pre flop with AQ against a raise from under the gun. You flopped top pair on AT8 two tones and you called the continuation bet. The turn brought a possible flush with a 4 and was checked. A king landed on the river, and now your opponent is betting pot. What shall you do with top pair top kicker in that situation? Four options: raise all in for value, call, fold or raise all in as a bluff?

The Challenge PokerSnowie contest is still going strongly, approaching 1.5 million hands played. 

So how is PokerSnowie doing against its many opponents?

The overall precise figures stand at 1,459,325 hands played, an average error rate of 16.92 and a global winrate for PokerSnowie of 22.18 bb/100

You open under the gun with AQ Diamond and get called by the Hijack and the Small Blind. The flop comes QT9 for top pair with top kicker and the nut flush draw. You bet half pot and the SB check raises pot, which you call. The turn is blank (2 of spades). The SB checks, and you are now facing four options: Should you check, bet Half Pot, bet Pot or go All-In?

There has been no Christmas break for PokerSnowie (although we will admit that the human beings looking after it were probably not quite as diligent as usual in the past few days..)!   

In any case, we're fast approaching 1 million hands played against PokerSnowie, and so it's time to provide you with an update.