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Old 04-01-2006, 03:32 PM
JaredL JaredL is offline
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Default Re: odds on turn card or odds on turn and river combined?

I haven't read SSHE in awhile but I think pot equity refers to the hand going to showdown so it would include the river card.

Even if you don't see the river pot equity is important. The reason is that when you fold you are giving away your equity. If you correctly fold that means that the cost of getting to the river is greater than the benefit of seeing it (ie your pot equity) when you consider the current bet you're facing and future action.

So in short you should consider the action on the turn and fold these really weak draws if you aren't getting sufficient odds on the turn alone (keep implied odds in mind though). When you do you give up your pot equity but that's ok since it's smaller than the cost of calling on the flop and then the turn if that's what you expect to happen.

Jared
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