4NL - Open Ended Straight Flush Draw

I really really need to understand more about equity and assigning hand ranges to villains. This is a huge sticking point in my game at the moment. I've read about equity and hand ranges, but the concepts are just not clear in my head and also how do I use it in the game?

Could anyone please share some articles or pointers that were helpful to you to get a better understanding of equity and how to use it in the game??

Originally Posted by maverick007

I really really need to understand more about equity and assigning hand ranges to villains. This is a huge sticking point in my game at the moment. I've read about equity and hand ranges, but the concepts are just not clear in my head and also how do I use it in the game?

Could anyone please share some articles or pointers that were helpful to you to get a better understanding of equity and how to use it in the game??

Download PokerStrategy.com equilab and pokerstove (both are free) and play with them - both let you put in either two hands and (optionally) a board (either just the flop, or a flop+turn) then calculate what equity they both have. Alternatively, you can put in ranges for both players rather than a hand, or a mixture (your hand vs a range), and calculate equity that way. Pokerstove is simpler, equilab lets you look at how ranges hit different boards in more depth - you just have to start playing with them really and experiment, and do some googling about equity, g-bucks, sklansky dollars etc.