Pot Equity

QTip · #1 02-17-2005, 01:54 PM

I just download PokerStove, and I'm starting to mess with it. I found this statement at their website.

The values generated are all-in equity values. This is not the chance that a hand will win the pot. Rather it is the fraction of the pot that a hand will win on average over many repeated trials, including split pots. The equity for a hand is calculated by dividing the number of "pots" that the hand won by the number outcomes considered.

I thought when we talked about pot equity, it was the number of times I'm good in the hand...looks like I many have this wrong.

So, if I have 75% equity in a hand, I can't say I'm going to win 3 out of 4 times?

Bluegoose75 · #2 02-17-2005, 06:56 PM

My understanding in regards to pot equity is what percentage of the pot you're going to win not necessarily your win % rate. Therefore with split pots etc your pot equity lowers.

reubenf · #3 02-17-2005, 08:00 PM

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So, if I have 75% equity in a hand, I can't say I'm going to win 3 out of 4 times?

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Preflop heads up, your AA is up against another AA. Your pot equity is 50%. But you certainly aren't going to win 50% of all pots.

slickpoppa · #4 02-17-2005, 08:56 PM

In most cases your pot equity is close to your win rate. But as the chances of a tie increase, this approximation becomes less accurate.

JoshuaD · #5 02-19-2005, 02:38 AM

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Preflop heads up, your AA is up against another AA. Your pot equity is 50%. But you certainly aren't going to win 50% of all pots.

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But you are gonna win 50% of the money that goes into those pots.