"Try to decide how good your hand is at a given moment. Nothing else matters. Nothing."
~ Doyle Brunson The Importance of Poker Equity
|
Hand Equity (Pot Equity)
Hand equity (sometimes called pot equity) is defined as your percentage probability of winning the pot at any given point in the hand. It is what theoretically belongs to you based on your cards at any point in the hand. It is your probability of success.
The Evolution of a Hand
To understand equity better and to give you a feel for how a typical hand evolves let’s review an example with multiple people in a pot. This is a fun exercise to explore how the equity of each hand changes before the flop, after the flop, after the turn and finally, after the river.
Note: You can’t know exactly what other players have. Yet, by observation over time you can determine the range of hands players might have. The complexity of determining what other players have increases significantly with more players in a hand.
Hand equity (sometimes called pot equity) is defined as your percentage probability of winning the pot at any given point in the hand. It is what theoretically belongs to you based on your cards at any point in the hand. It is your probability of success.
The Evolution of a Hand
To understand equity better and to give you a feel for how a typical hand evolves let’s review an example with multiple people in a pot. This is a fun exercise to explore how the equity of each hand changes before the flop, after the flop, after the turn and finally, after the river.
Note: You can’t know exactly what other players have. Yet, by observation over time you can determine the range of hands players might have. The complexity of determining what other players have increases significantly with more players in a hand.
Fold Equity
This is the equity a player can expect to gain due to an opponent folding to a bet, even if your opponent has the best hand at the time. Fold equity is a powerful reason why betting is so important.
Note: As an all-in move fold equity is especially powerful.
Fold equity isn’t an easy number to quantify. It will be based primarily on your perception on:
This is the equity a player can expect to gain due to an opponent folding to a bet, even if your opponent has the best hand at the time. Fold equity is a powerful reason why betting is so important.
Note: As an all-in move fold equity is especially powerful.
Fold equity isn’t an easy number to quantify. It will be based primarily on your perception on:
- The type of opponent(s) you are up against (Loose aggressive, tight aggressive etc.)
- What hands does your opponent(s) potentially have?
- Whether your opponent(s) will lay down his/their hand(s) or not
Moving Forward
There are two other key types of equity. They are:
It is available on Amazon.com! |
Charles W. Clayton
Copyright© 2020 - 2021
All Rights Reserved
Copyright© 2020 - 2021
All Rights Reserved