Well take a look at me now...

[DODGYKEN]

Do I call in these hands or fold? (Anyone get the title reference?)

Hand 1:

Full Tilt Poker
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
4 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $15.95
DODGYKEN: $51.40
SB: $11
BB: $29.35

Pre-flop: (4 players) DODGYKEN is Button with
UTG folds, DODGYKEN raises to $0.85, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: ($2.55, 3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, DODGYKEN bets $2.55, SB calls, BB calls.

Turn: ($10.2, 3 players)
SB is all-in $7.6, BB folds, DODGYKEN ???



Hand 2:

Full Tilt Poker
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
6 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $27.35
UTG+1: $14.25
DODGYKEN: $33.35
Button: $8.15
SB: $24.75
BB: $24.85

Pre-flop: (6 players) DODGYKEN is CO with
UTG raises to $0.85, UTG+1 folds, DODGYKEN calls, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: ($2.65, 3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, DODGYKEN bets $2.65, BB calls, UTG folds.

Turn: ($7.95, 2 players)
BB checks, DODGYKEN bets $7.95, BB raises all-in $21.35, DODGYKEN ???



Hand 3:

Full Tilt Poker
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
6 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $11.70
UTG+1: $13.45
DODGYKEN: $25
Button: $19.50
SB: $96
BB: $19.55

Pre-flop: (6 players) DODGYKEN is CO with
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, DODGYKEN raises to $1.35, Button calls, SB calls, BB calls, 2 folds.

Flop: ($5.9, 4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, DODGYKEN checks, Button bets $3.75, SB calls, BB folds, DODGYKEN calls.

Turn: ($17.15, 3 players)
SB checks, DODGYKEN checks, Button bets $7.5, SB calls, DODGYKEN calls.

River: ($39.65, 3 players)
SB checks, DODGYKEN checks, Button is all-in $6.9, SB folds, DODGYKEN ???

[Felonius_Monk]

[Aisthesis]

hand 1: I fold.

hand 2: I call. Is it really that close, Monk? open-ender plus nut flush draw... and not quite a full bet to call? Well, I suppose it's 14 outs.

hand 3: Ugh... I hate the situation. CR the flop (given the weak bet particularly)? check-fold the flop? I'm not excited about the check-call line anyway...

[DODGYKEN]

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[Felonius_Monk]

[Aisthesis]

Monk's calculation method is definitely good, but I'll just tack on some additional stuff.

What I've been doing is plugging in the twodimes info into an Excel spreadsheet on various hands. I have a column for "win 1" (hand 1 wins), "win 2" and "split." Then there are column that gives total equity for both hands (Eq 1 = win 1 + split/2, etc.). That gives the same total percentages as twodimes already gives you back, but you see the breakdown better. Then I have a final column that gives the odds as 1.8:1, 2.5:1 or whatever (odds = Eq 1/Eq 2). Note that to make this work, you have to always put the favorite hand first in your spreadsheet. Then just plugging in win 1, win 2 and split will give you back the rest of the numbers.

Anyhow, if you do that for a while every time you see an interesting matchup, you eventually just more or less know which hand is favorite and by roughly how much.

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[DODGYKEN]

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