This last week I took the week off from poker. So I decided to blog about something useful I found on Youtube for figuring out pot odds. Here is the link for the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wux3avg1CM . Now if your anything like me figuring out pot odds in the middle of the game is kind of hard to do quickly unless your a mathatechian. This video will break it down for you.
The video talks about the 2 and 4 rule of thumb. To quickly figure out your odds after the flop you multiply your hand odds by 2 for your odds of getting a better hand on the turn and by 4 to get the odds of getting a better hand on the river. So if you call with Ks and Qs and the flop is As, Jh, and 5s. You have 12 outs or 12 different cards that could approve your hand assuming pairing your cards won't get you the winning hand. so you have a 12 x 2 = 24% chance of getting an improving card on the turn and a 12 x 4 = 48% chance of getting that card by the turn.
The video also talks about pot odds which refers to the bets and how much one as to give up to win. Watch the video to get a better understanding of this.
Pleace comment back this week if you use this mathmatics to improve your poker game and any suggestions o do faster calculations.
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