Let's say you have AK preflop and there is a 2bet to 3bb from utg 3bet to 9bb from utg+1 you 4bet to 27bb, the utg folds and utg+1 goes all in for 91bb (you have 73bb left), you are facing a CALL of 73 to win a pot of 204.5bb (0.5sb, 1bb, 3bb from utg, 100from utg+1 and your 100bb. If the pot is 15 and someone bets 5, you must call 5 to win 20 ie you are getting 4:1 on your call. Your pot odds are what you need to call to continue. However, I think your equity in the pot is the percentage chance if the hand goes to sd and nothing changes that you will win the pot in the long term.

I think you are having a little confusion over terminology, or perhaps I am. For every 1x you draw out 3x's you will not. It also ignored implied odds, which is important if you plan on doing more than breaking even.ДЄlso you are 1:3 of hitting your hand on the next card.

When you make this call you now have gained pot equity, which really you can use to see what your long term results should be of what you just did.Д¬ombining the two like you did will result in confusion. If you have the right odds you should always call. The odds will tell you if this one call is going to tell you what amount of the time you win and lose. The two concepts are used to different ends. Pot odds on the other hand, will tell you the likelihood of winning this hand. The purpose is to focus on the decision making, long term what that play will net you. The equity is what part of that pot as a whole you should 'get.' Regardless of whether you win or lose you 'get' that much. Pot equity is the equity of the pot, not just your bet. Well the two concepts are there to do different things. Or does Pot Odds always take precedence in Cash Games? So I have negative pot equity and should stay away from this draw because in the long run I will always lose money on draws with only 12 of 47 outs? With a bet up to $4.30 I will call because I have pot odds.Д«ut with pot equity, I am being told that for every dollar I bet, I only get to keep $0.72 of it in this scenario. 12 cards that save me, while 35 that kill me. This would give me roughly a 36% chance of drawing out on this hand in Pot Equity.ДЄnd 3:1 pot odds. So I am anticipating that I have 12 outs to win this pot. I am assuming my opponent is not on a straight draw and really has flopped a pair of 9вЂ™s with A-9 unsuited. Unsuited Pre-flop, betting made the pot total $10. Been playing poker for a long time, but looking to be more successful in the long run and really want to master this concept, can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

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