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Originally Posted by Mr. Big Stack
2- How do I get the best use out of an equity calculator? How should I incorporate it into my studying.
Equity calculators are great for telling you how much equity your hand has vs the range you perceive villain has in a certain spot, and from looking at these spots, you can get a good feel of which hands to continue with when similar spots come up in real life.
e.g. You can input a flop and turn, and then provide a range you think that bets the turn, and then you can run various combos against that range to see if they have enough equity to continue. Suppose the board is paired and you're on a flush draw, so you want to know how much equity you have vs a range of boats, trips, top pair and some draws. You can do that easily enough.
You can also "solve" river spots, as you can input a river betting range and then quickly find out if your hand wins often enough to break even. e.g. If villain pots the river, you need to check that your hand wins over a third of the time vs his likely betting range.
It's also good for analysing hands from your own database. You can look at "questionable" calls to see if you made a good/bad call in theory (vs villain's likely range), whether you actually won or lost the hand.
