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Originally Posted by pokerloser10056
Sorry for the thread hijack, but can you explain the reverse implied odds?
Sure. It's a situation where:
1. You may have the best hand but aren't sure
2. Your hand is marginal but stands little chance of improving
3. Your opponent is betting into you
4. Your opponent will continue betting if he's ahead but will stop betting if he's behind
The situation in this case is that if you are ahead, you stand to gain little more, but if you're behind, you'll have to pay even more bets to see the river. This is because if you're ahead (ie, you can beat a bluff and your opponent is bluffing), once he sees that you're staying in the hand, he's giving up and is committing nothing else to the pot. Therefore, you stand to win only what is in the pot now.
However, if you're behind, you stand to lose more than what you're committing right now.
Say you're holding KK and the flop comes T76 monochrome, none matching your kings. You bet the flop and your opponent raises you. If you come back over the top he'll fold if he's got a weak hand, but he'll reraise or call if he has a flush or straight and he'll continue to bet into you with his strong hand.
The basic idea is that "reverse implied odds" takes into account the fact that you might be losing a lot more bets in later rounds. "Implied odds" takes into account the opposite situation--that you could
win a lot more bets in later rounds.
The way it's explained in TOP is that in situations where you may have reverse implied odds, you wish you were all-in. This way you don't have to worry about losing money on later streets to get to a showdown when you're way behind. In situations with implied odds, you hate to be all-in because you're hoping to win even more money from your opponent later in the hand.