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So, we lost $360 in Sklansky-bucks in this hand. However,<br />
looking at our Sklansky-bucks in a hand is a fairly poor way to<br />
examine our play too. We did not know exactly what the villain<br />
was holding when we got our money in. If we knew he held AA,<br />
of course we would fold. We’re dealing with an unknown factor<br />
and have to do our best to make assumptions about his range.<br />
The only thing we can do when the cards are flipped over is<br />
gather information about our opponent’s strategy for future use.<br />
We got our money in badly here, but that doesn’t mean we<br />
played poorly.<br />
G-bucks is a concept the well-known poker player Phil Galfond<br />
introduced to examine our expectation value verses a range.<br />
Here we analyze our expectation value in a hand verses our<br />
opponent’s assumed range. Obviously we don't know the big<br />
blind's hand, so we have to make some assumptions concerning<br />
what types of hands he'll raise all-in preflop in this situation.<br />
During that hand, we believed the villain would push all-in with<br />
JJ+ and AK. Let's take a look at the G-bucks. Against this<br />
range, KK has 66% equity. So, our EV equation of our call<br />
could look like this.<br />
0.66($1,280) + 0.34(-$720) = EV<br />
$844.80 - $244.80 = $600<br />
Given our assumptions about the villain's range, our G-bucks on<br />
the call were $600. So, this was a great call given the<br />
information available to us in the hand. The G-bucks is a good<br />
way to analyze your poker decision because it takes into account<br />
the unknown factor of the villain’s hole cards.<br />
Reciprocal-bucks is a bit outside the focus of this book, but I<br />
want to include it here. It’s a concept introduced by author<br />
Tommy Angelo. Reciprocal-bucks has to do with our strategy as
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