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noble1:
Posted by: Toppietwo
thanks noble, can you break down the basic maths you did to get to that answer?
ok to work out your equity the maths goes as this -
a common way you see it explained on forums is pot size + your call size = X
then you would divide your call size by X = your equity
example-pot is 1000 its 500 to call so 1000+500=1500 so 500/1500 x 100=%33.33
or the way i do it is i"d work out the odds [pot divided by call] 1000/500=2to1 all you do then is add the 2/1 together = 3 and then all you do is 1/3x100=%33.33
again doing it this way - the pot is 3545 and its 888 to call 3545/888=3.99to1
so 1 / 4.99x100=%20.04
dont let the maths scare you because if you review key hands that you play in mtts and cash games on Pokerstove after a while you will simply start memorizing what ranges to call or shove.
if you need to work a percentage into odds you would do it like this -
%33 what are the odds ??? all you do is work out 100-33=67 then all you have to do is 67 / 33 = 2to1 or if precise 2.03 [round it down its basically 2to1]
%45 would be 55 / 45 = 1.22to1 [ 100-45=55/45=xx ]
%25 would be 75 / 25 = 3to1 [ 100-25=75/25=xx ]
%18 would be 82 / 18 = 4.55to1
ALWAYS 100 MINUS THE PERCENTAGE = X THEN X DIVIDED BY PERCENTAGE=ODDS
get your calculator out beside you as you play online and use it to work out odds and equity and all the figures will slowly sink in ..
although its good to know your correct equity calls and the odds , its only a piece of the poker jigsaw, you have to still always improve your pre and post flop reading skills .. Then you will be able to use the maths against thinking players at the higher levels,but that is another subject.
anyhows hope this helps :) is the training site you refer to PokerXfactor if it is google it - Eric Haber aka Sheets on pokerstars is the ICM + Equity king due to all his sng experience and his instruction videos and sng study groups are worth looking into,also all the mtt videos by various online pro"s will help anyone an enormous amount.
TopPair2Pair:
noble1:
thats ok , just make sure you have pokerstove [free download, google it]
and mess around with different hands then you will build up a base knowledge of what type of hands play well against tags and lags and at what equity..
TopPair2Pair:
Got it, v useful program!
Got Bill Chen Maths of Poker through the post today as well, which is going completely fry my brain!
noble1:
;D ;D ;D ;D happy frying lmao
if its the book i"m thinking of then you"ll find the nash equilibrium chart theory stuff intresting - nice to apply to your heads up play, in mtts i"m still sceptical but along with SAGE its good to know and you will spot others applying it.
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