Re: "Fold Equity" ...definition and example please

Beldin the Sorcerer wrote:
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Tad Perry wrote:
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let's hear it players
Fold equity is that part of your opponent's pot equity that you will get if
s/he folds.

tvp


Can you use it in a sentence in the context of working out how you'd play a hypothetical hand? In other words show the usefulness of the concept.

His definition seems a little muddled.

Fold equity is the likelihood your opponent will fold, given the range of hands you have him on.

Say you have Nut flush draw on a flop of Q73.

He bets half the pot.

You consider going all in.

You may figure you have a 40% chance of winning if he calls, because he may well have a PP below AA, or Ace, non Q, given his bet.

You may furthjer know that if he has JJ or less, there's a 40% chance he'll fold.

This means you win the current pot 40% of the time, and 60% of the time, you have 40% equity in the big pot.

Stack size and good estimates of the fold equity are key.




OK.. could I summarize that by saying that my fold equity on any given hand is that portion of my chance of winning the pot which I derive from the possibility of my opponent folding?

If so then if I happen to hold the stone cold nuts then the hand has no fold equity for me at all since I will win no matter what.

If I am bluffing then my chance of winning the pot would be almost completely derived from fold equity.


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