If by "Required Equity Formula" you're talking about the equation we've used to evaluate calling all-in, then yes and no.

That equation is so simple because once someone is all-in, there can be no more betting. Furthermore, the value of Hero folding is exactly 0, so plays no role in the final equity we calculate. We completely ignore the term, as it cannot contribute to your winnings if you fold, but it doesn't cost you anything to fold, either.

The next equation you'd want to look at is the equity of an all-in shove. This is more complicated because Villain has 2 choices, each of which represents a non-0 equity to our EV. If villain folds, we win the dead money in the pot right now. If villain calls, we win our equity in the pot (on average, over many "equal" events).

The total EV of the combination of every bet and it's probability of happening times it's equity is the "true" way to know the EV of your betting line.

In practice, that's just too much to wrap your head or math around. What is true and that we can hold on to is that if EVERY one of our bets is +EV, then our line is +EV. What we won't know is whether or not that line represents the max +EV line, though.


43/28/12
What are those stats? We can probably assume the first is VPIP, but that's a guess and the other stats are a crap shoot to guess at. Please always explain what the stats are when you post them. Just their names is probably enough. I don't need you to write out "Voluntarily Paid Into the Pot"

Assuming the first is VPIP.
Is that VPIP from the Villain's current position, or an average of their VPIP from all positions?
If the former (it probably is), then is Villain positionally aware? Do they play the same 43% from UTG as the BTN?

Understanding what a stat is actually telling you is the number 1 thing to know before you use a stat to motivate a decision.

What was the pre-flop action? Were you the aggressor? If so, and it's a heads up pot, fire a C-bet. If not, x/c.
I'm not folding AK OTF to one bet without a strong read or if it's a ridiculous overbet.


Villain's range before they bet OTF is almost certainly not identical to their range after they bet OTF. Unless they C-bet 100% of the time in this spot.
That decision splits their range into 2 parts. You don't care about the part that they would have checked behind, so much. You care about the part they bet with. (Though knowing whether this split is balanced can help you make some very easy decisions against a specific villain)

Every decision made means fewer hands in the range than before the decision. Every decision splits a range. (Except in the cases where you will do something 100% of the time, no matter what, which could well be the case in certain spots against certain villains).