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What is Fold Equity in Poker | Why is it Important?
What is Fold Equity?Fold equity is the value obtained by performing an aggressive action, which may result in your opponent putting down their hand and you winning the pot uncontested. When you play a hand, you have a certain amount of equity, and your opponents have a certain amount of equity as well. Equity is a fancy way of describing "your chances of winning."
For instance, if you are in a hand and you have an 80% chance of winning and your opponent has a 20% chance of winning, then your opponent has 20% equity in the pot. If you take an aggressive action by betting, raising, or re-raising that makes your opponent fold their hand, they give up that 20% that they were rightfully entitled to, had all five cards come out and you had gone to showdown.
In other words, if you were all-in at this point in the hand, you would realize the true equity of your hand, and your opponent would realize the true equity of theirs—you are 80%, and they are 20%. Therefore, you would win four out of five, and your opponent would win one out of five. However, when you take an aggressive that makes your opponent fold, they give up that 20% and you gain it.
Unlike pot equity, fold equity does not have a specific dollar value.
How Important is Fold Equity?Fold equity is the most powerful weapon in poker!
Semi-Bluffing: Betting with a draw to get an extra way of win potsWhen it comes to semi-bluffing betting, having fold equity is critical when you have a draw. It's a big part of how you might have won the hand. That is why, as an aggressive player, you must consider fold equity and use it to your advantage as much as possible. However, if you only need to hit your draw, your opponent can fold.
Bluffing is, by definition, a successful bluff without the fold equity. That means your opponent folds, and you should consider how probable it is that "I'm going to get my opponent to fold."
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