Questions tagged [fold-equity]

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MTT - flush draw vs loose big'o'stack

So i am in the money on a 0.10$+0.01$ MTT with M=5 and playing tightly waiting for a decent hand to shove. I'm UTG in this hand. I had a recent, won shove and decided to just call A⋄T⋄ since the game was passive enough and planning…
user1165
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Can I showdown early

I'm the last to act. I have pocket queens. First player bets 10, second raises to 30, the fourth raises to 70. I have 160 chips in front of me. I'm willing to go all-in. I decided to believe that there is no better hand than mine (no KK or AA).…
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Push/Fold situation

I'm following Kill Everyone tables for push/fold situations but i have some difficulties where there's limping action before me from the big stacks. Say, i'm in FT and the large stack with about 13.5 BB and an M of 6 just calls from UTG with stats…
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Can someone explain in simple terms what equity means?

I've seen examples where commentators mention that he has a good equity to make a call. I do understand what poker odds are. Can some one give a simple example to help understand what equity/fold-equity is? Explain it to me like I'm a 5 year old.
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How do I calculate "I break even if Villain folds this percentage of shoving", including Fold Equity, in heads up play?

How do I calculate "I break even if Villain folds this percentage of shoving", including Fold Equity, in heads up play? I know several factors are involved *Pot Size before I shove *How much do I have to call? *How much am I shoving…
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What is the correct ruling?

Playing in a 1-2 game-gets to turn and I go all in with for about a 1000- it was a 1600 before my bet) Opponent hems and haws and then says fold and throws his cards in face up- showing a set of kings-the rest of the players voice their amazement- I…
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Confusion regarding calculating odds in flops

I was going through an article where it's written: "For example, if you hold two hearts, and there are two on the flop, you have nine outs to hit your draw, giving approximation of 18 percent to hit on the turn, or an 36 percent to hit by the river.…
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Player fold in split pot, is he part of main pot?

Player A is all in to which player B and C matches the amount, then we created a split pot for player B and C and now Player B puts some amount to which Player C folds. Would player C win anything from the pot created between A,B,C. Round 1: Player…
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Fold and side Pot Questions?

FLOP: A All-in 500 B Call 500 C Call 500 (Side pot A-B-C = 1500) TURN: B Raise to 1000 C Call 1000 (side pot B-C 2000) RIVER: B Raise 2000 C Fold My question is: imagine that C has the best hand (fold on the river - 1500 on the pot) A has the second…