Reverse implied odds Explained

• 30.06.2025 1:55 pm
• headhunter
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When you are getting a bet on the flop, making a call doesn't precisely mean that's the end of the hand, there are two more streets to play.

If the hand that you have is a marginal one that calls for a showdown, the reverse implied odds of the upcoming streets can cost you quite a large sum of cash.

When you have called the flop bet, the river and the turn which have not been played and your challenger can choose to be one or both the streets.

The upcoming streets could be predicted by making use of implied odds as well as reverse implied odds.

If you happen to have a hand that can draw, you stand a chance to have an added advantage on later betting streets. You may be earning yourself pot odds so as to make your call useful, but due to the implied odds from the rest of the remaining streets, you can make the call that is not beneficial.

The reverse implied odds work differently. Let's say for example you got a favorable hand, with a little expectation of improving, and you are playing against a challenger who happens to have a hand that is way better than that of yours or is possibly better by the river.

The implied rounds of betting could make you use a lot of cash.

You and the dominated hands

It does not matter how the implied odds assist you with suited connectors and small pocket pairs, the reverse implied odds harm you with the dominated hands.

If you hit the flop using dominated hand, it may be just good for you. There is a probability that you have got the best hand, but this best hand might make you lose a lot than you had expected to.

Let us look at an example

$1/$2  online, the six-max;$200 useful stacks. An aggressive Tag raises from the button and then to the $8 and you call in the BB using .

The flop appears like . You then check and he bets $13. You call.

What you have to do is top up with a favorable kicker. Your hand can actually be a savior and incase your rival was all-in for the $13, making a call at that moment would be the most suitable and simplest. But the hand is not done yet…

The turn comes out . Your challenger bets the $30 and you make a decision to call. You think if your hand was good on the flop, there isn't any change, so you bet once again.

The river comes . Your challenger bets $55 and you make a decision to call.

You find out you are committed too much to the pot, and your challenger is probably bluffing, so you decide to call again.

Your challenger tables and he is shipped with the $197 pot.

Your hand got into trouble of the reverse implied odds. Unluckily for you, there were no other streets but the flop, and your confident opponent practiced his right to bet any one of them.

Since your challenger is not out of position, he will decide to shut down on later streets when he thinks he is beaten. Therefore when you turn out to be right, you earn yourself a small pot and when you are wrong you earn yourself a big pot.

The good hands (not the great ones) on risky Boards

Some other problem you get yourself into is when the hand you have, has got a little chance of getting better and your opponent probably has you crushed or has got a big probability of  making a hand that is better than yours on the river.

A good example is a top pair which happens to be weak on a very draw-y board.

Like this:$1/$2game online six-max.$400 useful stacks. You have in the big bind.

Any player from the late position raises to $6 and you reraise to $20. He makes the call and then the flop appears as .

You bet $30 and then he raises to $65.

Now what do you do? Your hand may be good, but the draw is draw-y and if your opponent is doing this just like a semi-bluff, you may have to call off the whole of your stack so that to find out.

If your opponent was all-in, you could call using impunity since it would mean you could see a showdown without having to put in a large sum of cash.

However, this does not go like that. You are 200BB

That gives you the option of pushing all-in or folding. If you push, you are not going to be called by worse, so it is good to fold to the flop raise deep- another big bet following it on the river or turn can occur if you call this bet.

Part of the deck is not a good card for you and there is no better way of going on if you smooth-call.

That gives you the option of pushing all-in or folding. If you push you cannot be called by worse, therefore it is better to fold to the flop raise.

You and the reversed implied odds

Studying the two examples, you should be able to know why getting into reversed implied states is harmful to your poker games. However, you cannot stay away from them, so it is good to identify them and ensure that you do not get wrapped up in big pots when they come about.

Although it appears just like any other play, you can make in an RIO situation stacks, the safest play is the one that sucks the least.

Selecting the safer line and also folding in RIO spots that are not good will save you far more money than you get when you call.

Begin searching for spots where your straight hand has very little chance of getting better against an opponent who will have a better hand on the river or already has a better hand, and keeps away from them.

The rate of your win can never be thankful.