85o on 3c 4h 6c Kc 9d — full decision breakdown

A real hand: 85o pre-flop, board 3c 4h 6c Kc 9d, ended with high card, net -0 chips. Every decision point, street by street.

Starting hand

On the Chen formula, 85o scores 2.0 — a weak hand you should normally fold. The formula takes the higher card (A=10, K=8, Q=7, J=6, otherwise half its rank), doubles it for a pair with a floor of 5, adds 2 if suited, then subtracts for the gap between the cards. It is a fast rough estimate for whether to enter a pot, not a post-flop tool.

The line

• Pre-Flop (pot 30, facing 20): folded

Pot odds at each decision

Equity needed is the call divided by the pot after calling — the minimum win rate that makes the call break even. Compare it against your estimate of your hand's equity. Note this is immediate pot odds only; it ignores chips you might win on later streets.

At the table

At the table:

• Leo — Loose-aggressive; plays anything, bluffs a lot
• Sly Fox — Tight-aggressive; rarely plays, but plays hard
• The Rock — Super tight-passive; money in = monster, never bluffs
• Professor — Balanced GTO style; plays the odds, hard to exploit
• Fishy — Loose-passive calling station; rarely folds or raises