Hopefully
when you read this you’re first reaction
will be. Why hasn’t anybody told me that
before?
You’re probably aware that
understanding and calculating pot odds is
one of the major steps you can take to
improve your game, but maths was never your
favourite subject and fractions in
particular are still a mystery.
The idea behind what follows is that it
is easier to using multiplication to
calculate pot odds than using fractions and
division.
The steps to follow to allow you to do
this are:
First of all count your outs, that should
be easy, how many cards that you haven’t
yet seen would give you a winning hand. Once
you have this number you need to calculate
how likely it is that one of these cards
will be dealt.
After the Flop
To calculate the percentage likelihood
simply multiply the number of outs you have
by 4, so if you have 4 outs you have a 16%
chance of getting the card you want (4 x 4 =
16)
After the Turn
The chances of getting the card you want
have been halved as there is now only 1 card
to be seen rather than 2. Therefore you
multiply the number of outs you have by 2,
so if you have 4 outs you have an 8% chance
of getting the card you want (4 x 2 = 8)
It is then just a case of estimating the
percentage of the pot that you're being
asked to bet and comparing it with your
percentage pot odds. Obviously the Pot Odds
should be higher!!
It really is that SIMPLE!!
