Calculating Poker Odds

[gijssie]

It's important to make a read on the cards of your enemy... you can calculate your outs by x2+2...for turn... and x4-4 for river

[19Slim80]

I have a hard time with odds too. I really have started to try and play each situation. What position am I in and what is the right move based on how the other players are betting, etc. Every hand is different and each hand can get cracked which is why we all keep playing!

[shaazy712]

Maybe my problem is not that i dont understand about the game, maybe iam just an unlucky player. Living my life most of times afraid to make big decisions, maybe afects in my game'

[juanzo]

Pot odds are as easy as computing outs. You just compare your outs or your chance of winning to the size of the pot. If your chance of winning is significantly better than the ratio of the pot size to a bet, then you have good pot odds. If it's lower, then you have bad pot odds

[scottieb668]

ok it's all so interesting will have to figure it out for myself... good luck all

[mils_nguyen]

that's the most important to win but sometimes, u will play with your instinct to make a few luck

[scottieb668]

well i am ok at it but all i want is to win... lol

[ojwood]

if you want to convert your outs to percentages, for eg. youve got 9,10 unsuited and 7,8,A rainbow flop comes you've got an open ended straightdraw, the four Jacks and four 6's will complete your hand. it would be fair to say someone has the ace for this e.g so hitting a 9 or 10 wont be added as outs so in total you have 8 outs to this open ended straight. to complete it by the turn you multiply by 4.

so you have 4 * 8 = 32% of getting there if its a miss you multiply your outs by 2 by giving us by the river only 16% chance of connecting the board for us.

if you want your pot odds, its the total pot over to what you need to call to stay in the pot... e.g the pot contains 1200 in chips and the play before you raises 400 making a total of 1600. you are being asked to call 400 for 1600 chips. to turn it to odd its 1600/400
thus giving us 4/1 pot odds not a bad call at all id say..... depends on your outs as well.

using the previous e.g having 32% on the turn its a good call as the pot odds get involved. to work out what percentage you need to being whats being asked to call youve got 4 to 1. add these together you get 5 divide 100 by 5 you get 20%. the pot says you need a minimum 20% to continue but you have 32% making this a correct call.

if this e.g was on the river youre now on got 16% but the pot is saying you need 20% making it incorrect to call, but you can negate this with your implied odds usally as its quite a marginal call. over time it becomes quite natural thinking.

hope the maths helps ya

[steeleyuk]

there is an odds calculator that you can download

[Poker_Star111]

I'm a capitals fan myself. I should delete this whole thread as spam hahaha. I hate how there are so many games on versus nowadays, only because I don't have it. Isn't there some package you can buy online that lets you watch any game that's airing?