Equity
Your share of the pot if all the cards were dealt out right now, as a percentage.
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- What it means
- Equity is how often your hand ends up winning, counting ties as half a win, if nobody bets again and the board runs out.
- How it is calculated
- Deal every possible remaining board, or a large random sample of them, and count how often each hand wins. Against a range, average over every hand in the range.
- Worked example
- Aces against kings all-in before the flop win about 82% of the time, so aces have 82% equity. Ace-king suited against a pair of twos is close to a coin flip at about 50%.
- Why it matters
- Equity decides whether a call is profitable. Compare it with the required equity: if you have more than you need, calling makes money.
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Formula and worked example: The value of a call in poker math
Lessons that teach it: The same hand can face a different price, The rule of two and four, What a call is worth on average, A bet with a draw wins two ways · lessons other than the free one need an invite
See also: Required equity, Pot odds, Range