Poker Effective Hand Strength (EHS) algorithm Poker Effective Hand Strength (EHS) algorithm Effective Hand Strength (EHS) is a poker algorithm conceived by computer scientists Darse Billings, Denis Papp, Jonathan Schaeffer and Duane Szafron that has been published for the first time in a It has since then been considered as a reference in the realm of poker artificial intelligence and has been the basis of further research such as: The algorithm is a numerical approach to quantify the strength of a poker hand where its result expresses the strength of a particular hand in percentile (i.e. ranging from 0 to 1), compared to all other possible
Steal (poker) opportunities. If one or more players have called a raise pre-flop, a player can re-raise as a bluff in what is called a squeeze play. The original raiser will often only continue with a truly premium holding as several other players have shown signs of strength, and he may well be playing out of position. The players that have just called the original raise are unlikely to have very strong hands as they have not re-raised. Steal (poker) In poker, a steal is a type of a bluff, a raise during the first betting round made with an inferior hand