An interesting sitituation .....

[adamstewart]

A discussion in the HUSH forum prompted me to make this post.

You're plyaing in a limit hold'em game. Let's say you have A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],2 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] on the button. It's folded around to you. You open-raise. SB folds. BB calls with 9 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],8 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].

Flop comes 7 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 6 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].


At this point, let's assume that you both flip your cards over so you each can see one another's cards. (i.e. Fundamental Theorem of Poker).


PokerStove says BB has roughly a 70% equity advantage compared to Hero's 30%.

Accordingly, BB bets (as he should) because he has a huge equity edge.

By the same token, it is out of the question for Hero to raise. However, Hero does currently have the best hand.

According to the Fundamental Theorem of Poker, should Hero Fold or Call the flop bet?



Adam