Example
A semi-bluff with a strong draw can win immediately when villain folds and still improve when called.
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Fold Equity
The value created when pressure makes better or live-equity hands fold.
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Why It Matters
Fold equity is why betting is not only about made hands. It explains how pressure, blockers, and future-card equity can combine into profitable aggression.
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Push/Fold Basics
Read the lesson that gives this term more context, then bring it back into solver review.
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Test one suited ace and one suited connector in the Study Engine. Notice when fold equity turns them into aggressive hands.
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Pot Odds
The price of a call compared with the equity required to continue.