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FaLLout86: Fold Equity Coaching – Day 3

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Not so long ago we had a week-long coaching course in our German and Russian communities. This course, during which you'll learn how to count card combinations, was created by a famous German coach FaLLout86. And now we proudly present its localized version!

Train for 20 minutes each day, and in a week no-one will be able to fool your sense of fold equity!

The frequency of your opponents' folds is arguably one of the most important assessments for you to make at poker tables.

Overall, fold equity depends on a number of factors:

  • Strength of your own range -> The better it fits the board, the more reliable is your bluff.
  • The probability of your opponent to hit a playable combination.
  • Your opponent's game plan and the frequency of their bluff with weaker hands.
  • General assessments regarding board structures which can cause "leveling wars".
  • Auto-profit break even points for different bet sizes.

Here I place this learning course that will help you better understand and assess fold equity. Each day of the week, you'll be given 30 tasks to train your skills. Their difficulty will gradually increase from day to day. You'll notice how much your intuition will has improved after this course, and you'll be able to instantly and clearly figure out if you have 30% or 60% fold equity in a particular spot!

I also prepared this introductory video in which I explained how you should approach these questions:

ATTENTION!
Please post if you'll like it or simply say "I'll try!" in the opening thread.

So please post there:
"I'll try!" – if you've decided to participate in this coaching.
"I've finished Day X" – as soon as you've completed all tasks for the corresponding day!

Of course, you are also free to leave feedback about this project, so that we could improve it further.

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Day 3 combos – Task 1

I hope you still remember the previous lesson :f_p:
How many combos of QQ are there?

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6 – Of course, no one has forgotten that :f_wink:


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Day 3 combos – Task 2

And how many QQ combos are possible on this flop: Q♥:3♠:4♣:?

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3 – Because Q♥: is blocked.


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Day 3 combos – Task 3

How many A7s+ combos are possible on this flop: T♦:Q♥:2♦:?

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26 – Q♥: and T♦: are blocked, so we have to subtract 2 combos: (7 * 4) – 2.


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Day 3 combos – Task 4

How many A7s+ combos are possible on this flop: Q♠:Q♥:2♦:?

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26 – Q♠: and Q♥: are blocked, so we need to subtract 2 combos again: (7 * 4) – 2.


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Day 3 combos – Task 5

How many ATo+ combos are possible on this flop: 2♠:4♥:A♦:?

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36 – Because A♦: is blocked, we need to subtract 3 combos from each hand: (4 * 12) – (3 * 4).

ATTENTION!
Don't forget to make a post saying "I'll try!" in this thread, so that we could continue this project!


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Day 3 combos – Task 6

How many ATo+ combos are possible on this flop: 2♠:T♥:A♦:?

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34 – Here we need to subtract 2 more ATo combos, because hands with T♥: are also not possible: (4 * 12) – (3 * 4) – 2.


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Day 3 combos – Task 7

How many flush-draw combos do we have with ATs+ on this flop: 2♠:T♠:A♦:?

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3 – T♠: is blocked, so A♠:T♠: aren't possible. That leaves: 4 – 1 = 3.


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Day 3 combos – Task 8

How many flush-draw combos do we have with ATs+ on this flop: 2♦:T♠:A♠:?

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0 :f_o:A♠: is blocked, so how can we have a flush draw with an ace?


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Day 3 combos – Task 9

How many flush-draw combos do we have with ATs+ on this flop: J♦:J♠:K♦:?

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2 – Of course, only diamond draws are here, and on this flop they are only possible with A♦:Q♦: and A♦:T♦:.


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Day 3 combos – Task 10

How many flush-draw combos do we have with ATo+ on this flop: 4♥:5♥:6♥:?

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24 – Exactly half since we have 24 off-suited combos with a heart and 24 without it: (12 * 4) / 2.

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Day 3 combos – Task 11

How many flush-draw combos do we have with ATo+ on this flop: J♥:5♥:6♥:?

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21 – This time, we need to subtract J♥: combos from our half. So, in terms of AJo, we have only A♥:J♦:, A♥:J♠: and A♥:J♣:.


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Day 3 combos – Task 12

How many flush-draw combos do we have with ATo+ on this flop: J♥:Q♥:6♥:?

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18 – This time, we need to subtract not only J♥: combos again, but also those with Q♥:. So 3 more combos go away.


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Day 3 combos – Task 13

How many flush-draw combos do we have with ATo+ on this flop: A♥:5♥:6♥:?

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12 – A♥: is blocked by the board. That leaves only other heart combos: 4 * 3 = 12.


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Day 3 combos – Task 14

How many flush-draw combos do we have with ATo+ on this flop: A♥:J♥:6♥:?

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9 – AJ can't produce any combos because A♥: and J♥: blocked, so we can't have a flush draw with this hand. That leaves: 3 * 3 = 9 combos.


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Day 3 combos – Task 15
How many flush-draw combos do we have with ATo+ on this flop: A♥:J♥:T♥:?

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6 – From AQ and AK, only 3 combos are possible with Q♥: or K♥:. That means: 2 * 3 = 6.

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Day 3 combos – Task 16

Let's try another range :f_smile:
How many combos of 67o+ are possible?

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96 – This range consists of AKo, KQo, QJo, JTo, T9o, 98o, 87o and 76o. Each of these hands has 12 combos. 8 * 12 = 96.


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Day 3 combos – Task 17

How many flush-draw combos do we have with 67o+ on this flop: 2♦:3♦:4♦:?

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48 – Again, this time no diamond hands are blocked and that leaves us half of all possible combos.


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Day 3 combos – Task 18

How many flush-draw combos do we have with 67o+ on this flop: 2♦:J♦:4♦:?

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42 – This is a bit trickier. We need to take half of all combos and subtract 3 combos from all hands with J♦:. Thus from QJo and JTo, we have only 3 combos. In total: 6 * 6 + 6 = 42.


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Day 3 combos – Task 19

How many flush-draw combos do we have with 67o+ on this flop: Q♦:J♦:4♦:?

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36 – In addition, Q♦: combos are blocked, i.e. QJo aren't possible at all because both flush cards are blocked by the board. Additionally, KQo and Q♦: are partially blocked (3 combos left). From JTo only 3 combos are also possible. In total: 6 * 5 + 3 + 3= 36.


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