WHAT IS FOLD EQUITY AND HOW DOES IT MATTER?
“If You Are Dealing With Bets By Calling – You Better Bet Yourself.”
This Phrase Is Always True Because Betting Gives You A Chance To Win In Either Case.
– You Have The Best Hands At The Showdown.
– You Win Immediately When Your Opponent Folds.
Fold Equity Is An Opportunity To Make Competitors Fold, Technically Speaking. If You Think That Competitors Are Likely To Fold 20% When The Pot Is $200, You Have $40 Fold Equity. However, It Could Be Said That It Is Putting The Predictions Into Reality And Making The Competitors Fold.
Fold Equity Defines Everything In Poker.
If You’ve Watched A Poker Game Regularly Highest-Stake, Fold Equity Is Seen As An Important Factor In Defining The Game’s Direction. High-Stake Players Are Often Adept At Reading Their Opponent’s Range.
But Even So Be Aware That Not Everything Depends Solely On Fold Equity, You Have To Have Excellent Hand-Reading Skills And It Is Best To Use Semi-Bluffs Rather Than Stone-Cold Bluffs.
Let’s Take An Example If You Are Flush Draw And Use Fold Equity To Decide To Call – Fold Or Raise.
If You Play $1/$2, Stack 200, You Have A♠A♠ In Cutoff Position, Opponent Limp From Early Position, You Bet $10.
Flop Opens To 7♠J♣Q Competitors Bet $15 Based On Your Viewing Competitors. He May Have A Pair Of Jack Or Queen Or A Weak Card. What Will You Do? You Don’t Have The Best Cards Right Now, But With An Overcard And Gut-Shot (Waiting For The Middle Card To Line Up), The Call Isn’t Your Choice. And You Have To Choose Between Raise Or Fold.
Considering That You Raise In The Pre-Flop, If You Raise Again In The Flop Your Opponent Will Understand That You Have A Very Strong Hand. Even If You Have A Weak Draw, This Is Your Chance To Semi-Bluff (Not Pure Bluff) With A Raise To Win The UFABET Game.
Mathematical Fold Equity
If You Want To Compare Numerically You Can Compare The Results As A Percentage. Using The Above Data Is Calculated In Pokerstove (Card Win Rate Calculator).
From The Information You Have, Your Opponents Limp And Bet A Little More, And When Flop You Are 2/3 Pot On The Board 7♠J♣Q♦ You’d Expect Him To Have A Very Wide And Weak Range Like TT-77, KQs, Q9s+, J9s+, T8s+, ATo, KQo, QTo+, JTo, T9o So Competitors Tend To Fold When You Raise.
Fold Equity In Poker Tournaments
In Most Tournaments, Blind Increases Rapidly. As Blind Increases, Your M Value Decreases. You’ll Have To Try To Steal Blind, Otherwise You Won’t Last Long And Your Game Will. End
If You Have A Lap Of 7 BB In The Final (River) Of An Online Multi-Table Sit-And-Go Match (Game That Starts When Full), Your Opponent’s Average Is 15 BB And The Highest Is 30 BB. It’s Time For You To Collect Chips.
In This Final, You Have 2 Options: Shove (All-In) Or Fold.
When Good Cards Can’t Help You In Time, You Have To Shove With A Poorer Than Average Competitor.
Shove Cards Like 10♥9♥ Might Not Be Worth It. But Your Goal Is For You To Race Fold And Your Chances Depend On Fold Equity. If It Gives You Profit Without Showdown Then You Are 60-40 Dog. But When You All-In And Are Called Accordingly, You Become. It’s An Underdog (Who Has A Very Low Chance Of Winning).
Fold Equity Is A Simple Concept That May Not Turn Water Into Wine Immediately Every Time. But If You Start To Think About The Potential For Your Competitors To Fold, You Might As Well Turn The Crisis Into A Profit.