Fold Equity??

Divide the expected range opponent will continue facing a raise/bet over opponent's whole range on a given street and you will get the number of times he won't fold. The FE is 1 minus that number*100

For example if you expect someone to open-raise UTG with a range of 11%[lets say 22+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+, KQo] but when facing a 3x 3bet from BU will fold everything but KK+ meaning 0.9% , the guy will continue against you if you are BU in 0.9/11 (expected continuing range over expected whole range) = 0.08 multiplied by100 (0.08*100) = 8%
Your FE is 100%-8% = 92% in this case

Thats the way I understand it, hope it helps

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Stuff really takes a while to go in with me. I will work on it.
I sometimes question whether I am smart enought to succeed at this game!

Everyone is "smart" enough to succeed at anything and everyone's chances increase dramatically with each attempt for whatever so just keep working/trying and you will get there

Nice explanation Lucker! Thanks for that!

I just want to add something to this. Always keep an eye on stacksizes. If the pot is $10 and the villain has $1 left he's very unlikely going to fold if you bet because of the pot odds.

This however is something you need to do preflop. If you see someone with a shallow stack preflop you know that postflop his stacksize is going to be even less and you'll have less folding equity.

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Thank you Lucker9200, that post was very helpful indeed

The FE is 1 minus that number*100

Sorry, back on this again!

What is meant by the above quote?? You said "1 minus that number" but then I never saw this part in your working out??? Where does the "1" come into it?

Basically my FE is lower if: villain is a calliing station, villain has a short stack, I have a loose image, We can quickly work out villain will not fold in certain situations based on stats

My FE is higher if: conditions are the opposite of the above mentioned

???

Thanks,
Zach

Originally posted by Lucker9200
Divide the expected range opponent will continue facing a raise/bet over opponent's whole range on a given street and you will get the number of times he won't fold. The FE is 1 minus that number*100

For example if you expect someone to open-raise UTG with a range of 11%[lets say 22+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+, KQo] but when facing a 3x 3bet from BU will fold everything but KK+ meaning 0.9% , the guy will continue against you if you are BU in 0.9/11 (expected continuing range over expected whole range) = 0.08 multiplied by100 (0.08*100) = 8%
Your FE is 100%-8% = 92% in this case

Thats the way I understand it, hope it helps

Fold equity is a %?
I always thought it was expressed in terms of chips/bb, so if your opponent raises to 3bb and you 3bet to 9bb your fold equity is 92% of the 3bb in the pot, so our fold equity here is 2.76bb.
I might be wrong though, and I guess either way it doesn't really matter as long as you understand how to use these numbers to make +EV decisions.

Originally posted by metza

Fold equity is a %?

The formula above is for fold percentage id say, but its part of calculating the overall EV and FE when having exact betsizings and equity in a situation.

What is meant by the above quote?? You said "1 minus that number" but then I never saw this part in your working out??? Where does the "1" come into it?

The 1 is used in 100%-8%, where 1=100%

Basically my FE is lower if: villain is a calliing station, villain has a short stack, I have a loose image, We can quickly work out villain will not fold in certain situations based on stats

My FE is higher if: conditions are the opposite of the above mentioned

Mostly FE depends on betsizing compared to pot(aka bigger u bet more folds u get but there are exceptions),opponent(the more he calls, the less he folds),board(the better it hits opponent's range, the more decent hands he has, the less he folds),image (the looser you appear to your opponents, the less they will fold)... I guess there are more but cant think of atm

Ah okay,

The 1=100% is obvious now, thanks. Like I said previously things take a while to register with me!

Thanks.

Thank you everyone!