[spoonitnow strategy] Applications and Limitations of the Alpha Value

Originally Posted by Cobra_1878

Can I just double check something with this calculation. I was never fully sure when it could and could not be used, so I avoided it altogether.

Would this be correct;

Bet 500, all-in raise to 2,000. Bet/(bet+pot) = 500/3,000 = ~17% equity needed.

Correct?

I'm assuming you are trying to figure out the needed equity to call the $2,000 shove? If so, then in this instance, the 'bet' is the amount you must call. So after betting 500, and being shoved on for $2k total, you must call an additional 1500. So bet = 1500. The pot at the time would be your 500 + villains 2k or $2,500. So the formula comes out to:

1500 / (2500 + 1500)
1500 / 4000
0.375

Another way of looking at it to figure out equity needed for a call would be (amount to call) / (total pot after call).

Originally Posted by Stacks

I'm assuming you are trying to figure out the needed equity to call the $2,000 shove? If so, then in this instance, the 'bet' is the amount you must call. So after betting 500, and being shoved on for $2k total, you must call an additional 1500. So bet = 1500. The pot at the time would be your 500 + villains 2k or $2,500. So the formula comes out to:

1500 / (2500 + 1500)
1500 / 4000
0.375

Another way of looking at it to figure out equity needed for a call would be (amount to call) / (total pot after call).

LOL, couldn't have been further off, no wonder I avoid the Maths side of poker. Thanks for the correction and post.