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Practical Poker Math

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The River Bet<br />

All the cards are out. There is no chance of improving your<br />

hand. You can win a piece of the pot in one of two ways:<br />

1. By having the best hand in a showdown<br />

2. By using strategy to cause your opponent(s) to<br />

fold their cards.<br />

Your Total Odds of winning the pot are the odds that your<br />

hand will win in a showdown PLUS the odds that you can<br />

manipulate your opponent(s) into giving up their stake in<br />

the pot.<br />

In Omaha Hi-Lo, however, because of the high probability of<br />

a call from either or both a strong Low or a strong High<br />

hand, moves are not as useful as they can be in Hold’em.<br />

It is at this point in a hand of Omaha Hi-Lo where the concepts<br />

of Value-Bet and even more so — Value-Call — are<br />

most plainly demonstrated.<br />

By this stage, three of the four rounds of betting have been<br />

completed and the pot can be monstrous. Pots are often<br />

large enough to offer positive money odds to a variety of<br />

seemingly risky propositions.<br />

Value-Bluffs might not be effective at this point. But marginal<br />

strength in both directions could easily warrant a<br />

Value-Call.<br />

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231<br />

Before The the Last River Card Bet

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