Join Date: Jan 2009
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Actually, for some cases, you may be able to do a quick calculation while playing if you’re good at such things. Here’s an example where you put villain on a river range and flushes and straights are not possible:
Hero: AK. Board A K x x x. Villain Range {AA, KK, AK, KQ}
Villain Combos and Result: AA-1, lose. KK-1, lose. AK-4, tie. KQ-8 – win
Villain range has 14 combos, hero loses to only 2, ties 4 and wins 8. Counting half the ties as wins hero’s equity is 10/14.
Even if doing this while playing is not realistic, knowing the math can only add to your decision-making capability.