Do you really understand Expected Value?
We use the terms +EV and -EV all the time, but how many of us understand the math behind it? This new video is all you need to maximise EV.
We are back with another offering from the folks at the leading GTO trainer tool GTO Wizard.
In this new video, Tombos 21 gives the definitive primer on Expected Value in poker. He highlights all the need-to-knows and dispels some myths along the way.
This video includes:
- The EV of shoves
- The EV of calling a shove
- The EV of final table deals
- Implied odds
- Combining probabilities
Expected Value is one of the core metrics when studying poker and the best indicator of the long-term profitability of a strategy. You need to know it in as much detail as this video presents:
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