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The purpose of this blog is to teach myself (and all the readers) how to become a successful poker player. This means starting from $2000 and working my way up to big games.
I will post statistics and strategies as well as stories and facts from the "real life" away from the computer.
Getting to be a successful poker player is not just about playing poker and thinking about it. It's also taking care of your health (both physical and mental), planning your future and other things that have nothing to do with poker.
Journey to big games starts now and I ... better get there.
The purpose of this blog is to teach myself (and all the readers) how to become a successful poker player. This means starting from $2000 and working my way up to big games.
I will post statistics and strategies as well as stories and facts from the "real life" away from the computer.
Getting to be a successful poker player is not just about playing poker and thinking about it. It's also taking care of your health (both physical and mental), planning your future and other things that have nothing to do with poker.
Journey to big games starts now and I ... better get there.
About Equity Of Aces In Omaha
Posted 15th August 2008 at 11:11 AM by BtrGetThere
As I wrote in my last post every serious player should know how to calculate hand equities and everyone should also know those equities in common situations. One common and important situation is playing aces in reraised pot when there's still (much) more than pot sized bet behind. Omaha is a flop game (pre-flop edges are small) so it's crucial to know equity of aces and how to play them depending on the flop texture.
In the following examples I make few assumptions which are: 1) the hand is medium strength aces (Ad9dAs5c), 2) player with aces has reraised early to middle position raiser so player with aces has position, 3) pot is contested heads-up, 5) stack sizes are 100 BB so there is 25.5 BB in the pot and 6) opponent is unknown so no reads.
For all range equities you need to adjust final equity a bit according to probability of each hand in the range.
Example 1 - ragged rainbow flop:
Qs7c2h
Against top two pair:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 25.15%
Q7** 74.85%
Against set:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 12.18%
QQ**,77**,22** 87.82%
Against pair:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 59.32%
KQJ9 40.68%
Against above range:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 19.09%
KQJ9,Q7**,QQ**,77**,22** 80.91%
According to those calculations it's obvious that on ragged flops it's best to bet and fold to reraise, equity is terrible.
Example 2 - coordinated rainbow flop:
Ts7d5h
Against top2 and set equity is obviously pretty much the same.
Against pair + gutshot:
and Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 53.26%
QJT8 46.74%
Against pair + oesd:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 40.20%
QT89 59.80%
Against pair + 13 card wrap:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 43.29%
JT89 56.71%
Against above range:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 20.29%
T896,QJT8,QT89,T7**,TT**,77**,55** 79.71%
Equitywise situation is about the same, aces are in terrible shape. Difference is that on these coordinated boards it's best to just check behind on the flop and evaluate situation on turn.
Example 3 - ragged flop with nut flush draw:
Qd7c2d
Against top two pair:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 47.83%
Q7** 52.17%
Against set:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 34.51%
QQ**,77**,22** 65.49%
Against pair + flush draw:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 70.49%
KdQJd9 29.51%
Against above range:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 41.11%
Q7**,QQ**,77**,22**,KdQJd9 58.89%
Aces with nut flush draw on ragged board are in pretty good shape against expected range and even crushing some of the range, so I'd say with 100 BB stacks against unknown it's safe to bet and get it all-in.
Example 4 - coordinated flop with flush draw:
Td7d5h
Against top2 and set equity is about the same.
Against pair + gutshot + flush draw:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 62.87%
QdJdT8 37.13%
Against pair + oesd + flush draw:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 56.36%
QdT8d9 43.64%
Against pair + 13 card wrap + flush draw:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 56.56%
JdT8d9 43.44%
Against above range:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 40.25%
QdJdT8,QdT8d9,JdT8d9,T7**,TT**... 59.75%
As above aces with nut flush draw on the flop is not in a bad shape against possible range so getting it in on the flop is ok.
Conclusion:
Aces with nut flush draw on these kind of boards (ragged or drawy) is a strong holding and should be played accordingly. That means against unknown you can get all-in.
Without the nut flush draw you should be careful, bet/folding ragged boards and checking behind coordinated boards. Keep the pot small.
In the following examples I make few assumptions which are: 1) the hand is medium strength aces (Ad9dAs5c), 2) player with aces has reraised early to middle position raiser so player with aces has position, 3) pot is contested heads-up, 5) stack sizes are 100 BB so there is 25.5 BB in the pot and 6) opponent is unknown so no reads.
For all range equities you need to adjust final equity a bit according to probability of each hand in the range.
Example 1 - ragged rainbow flop:
Qs7c2h
Against top two pair:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 25.15%
Q7** 74.85%
Against set:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 12.18%
QQ**,77**,22** 87.82%
Against pair:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 59.32%
KQJ9 40.68%
Against above range:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 19.09%
KQJ9,Q7**,QQ**,77**,22** 80.91%
According to those calculations it's obvious that on ragged flops it's best to bet and fold to reraise, equity is terrible.
Example 2 - coordinated rainbow flop:
Ts7d5h
Against top2 and set equity is obviously pretty much the same.
Against pair + gutshot:
and Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 53.26%
QJT8 46.74%
Against pair + oesd:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 40.20%
QT89 59.80%
Against pair + 13 card wrap:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 43.29%
JT89 56.71%
Against above range:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 20.29%
T896,QJT8,QT89,T7**,TT**,77**,55** 79.71%
Equitywise situation is about the same, aces are in terrible shape. Difference is that on these coordinated boards it's best to just check behind on the flop and evaluate situation on turn.
Example 3 - ragged flop with nut flush draw:
Qd7c2d
Against top two pair:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 47.83%
Q7** 52.17%
Against set:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 34.51%
QQ**,77**,22** 65.49%
Against pair + flush draw:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 70.49%
KdQJd9 29.51%
Against above range:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 41.11%
Q7**,QQ**,77**,22**,KdQJd9 58.89%
Aces with nut flush draw on ragged board are in pretty good shape against expected range and even crushing some of the range, so I'd say with 100 BB stacks against unknown it's safe to bet and get it all-in.
Example 4 - coordinated flop with flush draw:
Td7d5h
Against top2 and set equity is about the same.
Against pair + gutshot + flush draw:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 62.87%
QdJdT8 37.13%
Against pair + oesd + flush draw:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 56.36%
QdT8d9 43.64%
Against pair + 13 card wrap + flush draw:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 56.56%
JdT8d9 43.44%
Against above range:
Hand Pot equity
Ad9dAs5c 40.25%
QdJdT8,QdT8d9,JdT8d9,T7**,TT**... 59.75%
As above aces with nut flush draw on the flop is not in a bad shape against possible range so getting it in on the flop is ok.
Conclusion:
Aces with nut flush draw on these kind of boards (ragged or drawy) is a strong holding and should be played accordingly. That means against unknown you can get all-in.
Without the nut flush draw you should be careful, bet/folding ragged boards and checking behind coordinated boards. Keep the pot small.
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