Fold Equity of Texas Holdem:

In the NO limits Hold'em are purely mathematically solved many situations. That is, if your chances of winning are better than the poet Odds, then it is to be pushed correctly all chips into the center.

You will very frequently experience and will have this situation thereupon the decision to meet whether you callen bet. But instead of to callen you could also raisen, here come the Fold Equity into the play.


What is Fold Equity?

Fold Equity is the probability that the opponent will folden on an employment. On the basis the Equity value you can also try your opponent simply from the poet to bluff.

Example: The poet amounts to $110 and you bets on this poet $100, however without something in the hand. They will not be able to win each poet with such Bluffs, but in most cases each second. Once you lose $100 and with next time win you $110, since their opponent will folden. Thus you make for profit on a long-term basis.


Fold Equity in practice

taking we on, you hold ah 9h and the board show Tc Kh 6h 3s. $400 lies in the poet. They know your opponent completely well and can in approximately measure, which it holds in the hand. In this case you are completely sure itself that your opponent AC before itself lie have. They can now win only, if a heart comes.

In the NO limit Texas Holdem lies the probability that a heart comes, somewhat over 4:1. If your opponent sets now more for than $100, then it would be to be away-added the correct decision the maps. But which is, if you set here to Semi bluffing?

Assumed you set now $300. From five hands you will once win of it, will however four times lose. They have 20% Equity, in order to win these $700 poet, which means that you will have thereby no success on a long-term basis. Not particularly pleasing.

But you know your opponent well and in such a way know you that it is able Top Pair with Top kicker on a high employment to folden. In 75% of the cases you have thereby success also in on-line Poker.

75% Equity is a quite high Fold Equity, it a lower Fold Equity will in most cases be probably. One can compute but only estimate the Equity value naturally not exactly, since many other factors flow, like Table image, image of the opponent, size of the Pots and the board.

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