Two Plus Two Newer Archives  

Go Back   Two Plus Two Newer Archives > General Poker Discussion > Poker Theory
FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1  
Old 10-20-2006, 04:14 AM
Shandrax Shandrax is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,664
Default Calling on the river in Hold\'em

Ok, same old topic...110th repetition.

We all know that there is an optimal bluffing and a corresponding calling frequency in poker.

It all started with 5 card Draw jacks or better. If a guy opened the pot with jacks or better you call with kings or better and if he keeps betting you call with a certain percentage of your hands. Obviously such a call on the river is rather easy, because you have at least kings = a made hand. So if game theory tells you to call 8 out of 9 times, you can simply lean back do it, because you know your kings will beat any busted hand.

Now how does this transform into Hold'em? You start with two hole cards and you only make a hand about 45% of the time. If you don't pair up you have at best a high card 55% of the time. If you are supposed to call 8 out of 9 times now, about 4 times you got pretty much nothing either, especially if you consider that a rather common "busted" hand is A-K.

What now?
Reply With Quote
 


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:39 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.