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Equity in poker
Your share of the pot if the hand were dealt to showdown right now, expressed as a percentage.
Equity is the share of the pot a hand is worth at this moment, assuming every remaining card is dealt and nobody folds. A hand with 34% equity in a $100 pot is worth $34.
It is not the same as the chance of winning, because a tie splits the pot. A hand that wins 31.7% of the time and ties 5.8% of the time has 34.6% equity, the ties contribute half a pot each.
Equity is the number every other decision leans on. Comparing it against pot odds tells you whether calling is profitable; comparing it before and after a card tells you how much that card mattered.
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