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"Power" of a hand is in practice an oversimplified notion. I will touch equity and your sub-question about what it says about a hand's goodness.
If you're just trying to code equity, the Coding the Wheel article others have mentioned is mandatory reading for poker coders:
http://www.codingthewheel.com/archives/poker-hand-evaluator-roundup
As for the ...
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To understand Implied Odds (IO) it's useful to clarify what It's counterpart is, Explicit Odds (EO).
EO describes how much you will win immediately in relation to what you have to risk. This is described in terms of a ratio, Total pot size : Amount we have to call. For example, current pot size is $50. Your opponent bets $50. Therefore, the current pot ...
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In limit poker, implied odds refer to what you can collect in future bets from an opponent, if you complete your draw (e.g. to a straight or flush) and make your hand.
Let's say that you are playing $5-10, and your opponent has bet $10 on the turn with say, a pair, making a pot of $90. If you are drawing to a straight or flush (4- to -1 against), those are ...
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