Texas Hold' Em Studies #1

Wash

The dealer puts all cards face down and mixes (shuffles) them up.

Blinding Out

When a player does not have enough chips to cover the blinds and are forced to play with their remaining chips or forfeit their hand.

Walk

When a player wins the pot without doing anything because all players folded pre-flop.

Lay Down

When a good hand is folded because the player does not think they can compete with opposing hands.

3-Bet (Re-raise)

When a player raises after there’s been an initial bet AND a raise.

Value Bet

When a player thinks they have the best hand and bets hoping someone with a worse hand calls to build the pot.

Continuation Bet (C-Bet)

When the player who made the final raise in the previous hand is the first to bet in the next round (AKA Barreling).

Donk Bet

When a player who called a raise then takes the initiative to bet first on the next street rather than letting the aggressor C-Bet.

1. Straight Forward (Only betting when they have something)

2. Very Aggressive (Want to win every pot and have a loose donk bet range)

The 2 Main Types of Donk Better Archetypes

Upper Hand

When donk betting, does the initial raiser typically hold the upper hand or the lower hand?

Have a strong hand.

It is best to make a donk bet when you…

Raise up the pot.

When you see a straightforward donk better checking post-bet, you should…

Make sure you have a good hand, call & check until he checks, and once he checks, apply pressure.

When you see an aggressive donk-better making a bet, you should…

Lose Money

Most of the time, bluffing on a donk-bet causes you to…

Pot Odds

A term used to reflect the ratio of the size of the pot to the size of someone’s wager.

Wager

A term used to define a bet, raise or re-raise.

You know pot odds so you can compare them to your “Hand Odds” (and vice versa).

What is the purpose of “Pot Odds”?

How likely you are to hit your draw or complete your hand.

“Hand Odds” tell you…

Outs

The number of UNSEEN cards that can improve a hand.

On the flop, multiply your outs by 4 to get your hand odds. On the river, multiply your outs by 2 to get your hand odds.

Explain the Rule of 2 and 4

13 Cards of Each Suit. 52 cards in a deck

A standard deck of cards has the following:

9

Average number of outs if you flop a flush draw are…

15

Average number of outs if you flop a flush draw with 2 over cards are…

8

Average number of outs if you flop an open ended straight are…

4

Average number of outs if you flop a gut shot are…

2

Average number of outs if you have an underpair against your opponent’s overpair are…

6

Average number of outs if neither you or your opponent have a pair but your opponent has 2 higher cards in their hand…

15

Average number of outs if you flop a straight flush draw are…

number of outs / number of unknown cards

The equation for equity is…

call amount / call amount plus current pot

The equation for pot odds is…