Race Odds




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When two players "All In" before the flop it's called a Race. The cards in your hand are like horses some are better, faster and stronger than others. Most of the time the better, faster and stronger horse will win but sometimes the better horse will not win.

It is important to know your Race Odds. If you have a pocket full of aces, you know you have the best starting hand. If you have A7, you need to put you opponet on a range of hands and figure your racing odds against them.

A7 vs AK = 24%
A7 vs QQ = 28%
A7 vs KQ = 57%
A7 vs JTs = 52%

You can see that A7 against AK wins only 24% of the time. You have a 1 in 4 chance of winning. If your opponet has KQ you have a far better chance at over 50% to win.

It is important to try to put you opponent on a range of hands.