How To Calculate Poker Odds In Your Head
Quick Tip: Calculating Odds in Your Head
Probabilities represent a mathematical model of events at the poker table 'in a vacuum,' while the odds and their computation is a very specific indicator that can be calculated in every individual hand. In order to calculate your odds faster, you can use special poker calculators: Equilab or PokerStove. Pot odds are the ratio between the size of the pot and the size of the bet. For example, if the starting pot is $10 and a player bets $5—half the pot—then the pot size is now $15 and a player is facing a $5 bet. The pot odds are 15:5 and ideally you want to reduce the right side of the ratio to one. Therefore, your pot odds which are your probability of winning the pot should you call the bet are the above results. Make sure you pay close attention to the amount in the pot at all times during a game as doing so will enable you to be able to calculate your poker pot odds as promptly as possible. To Bet or Not to Bet. Poker odds calculate the chances of you holding a winning hand. The poker odds calculators on CardPlayer.com let you run any scenario that you see at the poker table, see your odds and outs,.
Posted on Mar 20, 2009 by Gugel in Math and Statistics
How To Calculate Poker Odds In Your Head Without
Heres a neat little trick that even some intermediate players dont know. Lets say you want to calculate the percentage of the time youre going to win this hand:
Hero (SB) ($100.00)
Button ($100.00)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 9♣, T♣
Button bets $3, Hero calls $2
Flop: ($6) 8♣, Q♣, 2♦(2 players)
Sure you can plug the information into PokerStove, but thats pretty time consuming and you wont always have access to a computer when youre playing poker (AKA brick and mortar casinos). The good news is that there is an easy and pretty accurate way to predict your chances of winning in 3 easy steps.
How To Calculate Poker Odds In Your Head Position
Step 1:
Figure out how many outs you have. In this case, there are 9 clubs remaining in the deck and I can hit an additional 3 jacks to make a straight. Thats a total of 12 outs.
Step 2:
To predict your chances of improving your hand on the turn, multiply your outs by 2. So in this case, I have about a 24% chance of hitting a flush or straight on the turn.
Step 3:
To predict your chances of improving your hand on the turn and on the river, multiply your outs by 4. So in this case, if we get all in on the flop, Ill have a 48% chance of having the best hand by the river.
Easy, quick and accurate. Use it wisely.