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Originally Posted by pokerlvl9000
Do you use that odds calculator too? Do you think it is a good app?
What I like about it is that it does not [only] show the winning chances (like most other apps, but also the probability of what hand you could me making.
To be honest, the probability of making a certain hand is not all the useful to know, partly because most hands don't go to showdown (except maybe in play money games). Having an understanding of post-flop playability, or how often a hand will flop some equity is more useful. (Unless you're playing a short-stacked donkament, where all-in equity against shoving/calling ranges is all you need). For instance, I literally have no idea how often 65hh makes a flush, but I know it's a playable hand in BB vs CO, especially on 8h7h4c or 665r, but it's less playable UTG on a a flop of AKT with 3 spades.
Similarly, 65s will likely do better vs an UTG opener's range than A6o, even though A6o would destroy 65s in a series of races between the two hands.
As an addendum, that app might tell you that AA makes a flush less often than 92s does. But that information is useless. Flushes are pretty rare and 92s is a ****ty hand, whereas AA is the best
by far. AA often wins unimproved, often without even seeing a flop.
