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Introduction To EV
Introduction To EV
Howmuchyouexpecttowinorloseontheaverageoverthelong
run
Baseduponacertainplaythatyoumakeinapokergame
+EV=AProfitableLongTermPlay
EV=ALosingLongTermPlay
Whyisitimportant?
Wewanttomake+EVplays,akaprofitableplays
Howdoweuseit?
Weusecorrectpokermathematicsatthetabletoenhanceour
likelihoodofmaking+EVplays
WecanusetheEVcalculationoffthetabletoanalyzeourprevious
plays
SimpleExamples
WehaveTTandwegetreraisedallinpreflopbya
tightopponentthatweknowhasonlygoneallin
preflopwithQQ+inthepast.Shouldwecall?
No,thisisaEVcall;weshouldfold
WehaveQQandwearefacingapreflopallin
situationbyamaniacthathasshowntheabilityto
goallinwith88+,AT+.Shouldwecall?
Yes,weareafavoritetowin!+EVCall