Hand of the week 10 · 5♣ 5♦
Set Mining With Small Pairs: The Math That Wins a Stack
Your hand 5♣ 5♦
On the button, 100 bb deep, against an under-the-gun raise to 3.
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Call to set-mine, or fold? Decide before you read on.
The answer
Call. Each set must win 7.5 calls (22.5 bb), 18 of it after the flop: 18.6% of his 97 bb. Deep enough to call. With 20 bb it is a fold: 18 needed, 17 left.
The video of this hand airs on YouTube on Friday, January 8, 2027 at 18:00 Brasília time, on @pokermathcoach.
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