What is Stack to Pot Ratio in Poker?
Stack to Pot Ratio (or SPR for short) describes the relationship between what is currently in the pot to what is remaining in the effective stacks. For example, if there is $100 in the middle and $400 remaining in the effective stacks, the SPR is would be 4. The stack to pot ratio carries important strategic implications; the lower the SPR the wider we can profitably commit all of our chips.
What is Squeeze in Poker?
A squeeze refers to a raise made when facing a bet plus a call from our opponents. Although the terminology could technically be applied to any such situation, it’s most commonly used to describe preflop situations in Omaha and Hold’em. I.e. it’s typically a 3bet made after there is an open-raise and at least one caller before us. It’s named squeeze because the initial open-raiser has to worry about the fact that he is not closing the action if he decides to call the squeeze. He is ‘squeezed’ between the 3better and initial caller.
What is Split Pot in Poker?
A split pot poker variant is where the two halves of the pot are awarded based on different hand rankings criteria. For example, in Omaha Hi/Lo split half of the pot is awarded to the best high hand while half of the pot is awarded to the best low hand. Winning both halves of the pot is referred to as scooping, but on many occasions there will be a split pot.
Are Split Pots a Waste of Your Time?
In poker for every winner there has to be a loser. However, with split pot poker variants there can be more than one winner. Let’s find out how.
