Hey kids, ready to put your poker knowledge to the test? Well today I have a quiz for you. What makes this quiz special is that it is based on a real hand I witnessed at the casino yesterday. Read the following description of the poker hand and then answer the question. Feel free to give it some thought, but don't take longer than four minutes - which is about as long as you can take in a casino before the other players call the clock on you. Ready? Go.
It is 2:00 p.m. You sit down at a no-limit hold 'em table. The blinds are $1/$2. The most a player is allowed to bring to the table is $300. It is a full table of nine players, most of whom have stacks between $200 and $500, with the notable exception of Player A who has a big pile of chips that you estimate to be around $1200. Over the next three hours you observe Player A entering a lot of pots, raising a lot and pushing others out of pots. Occasionally Player A loses a big pot and his stack takes a few big hits until it is down to around $800. Player B, who had around $400 when you sat down, has played relatively few hands but when he has played he always makes big pre-flop bets and follows them up with bets after the flop. In the three hours you have been here his stack has grown to well over $1000 and many of his wins have come at the expense of Player A.
Then this happens:
The guy under the gun limps in for $2. There is one caller in early position. Player B, in middle position, raises to $20. Player A, on the button, re-raises to $60. It folds back to Player B, who thinks for about five seconds then pushes all his chips in.
What do you think Player B has?
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