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Pot Odds: What's the Best Way to Calculate?

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  1. above_films above_films is offline

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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 3:21am)

    people talk a lot about calculating pot odds and seem to have various ways of doing it. what would be your proven method when deciding when to raise, fold or smooth call. i know there's different reasons pre and post so feel free to touch on each if you like.
  2. mtstackin88 mtstackin88 is offline

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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 3:36am) in reply to above_films

    u take the amount in the pot and compare it to the amount to call, those are your pot odds. 1k in the pot and u need to call 500, ur gettin 2 to 1. youre probably confused about something
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  3. H0LDiT H0LDiT is offline

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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 3:57am) in reply to mtstackin88

    Raisin or smooth calling has nothing to do with pot odds as far as im aware lol??

    U flat call or raise depending on ur position and what ur plan is with that perticular hand, for exampe you can raise to protect ur hand or raise to push a player off a hand that may be stronger than urs

    Like stackin said above think u mite be gettin alil confused with the two
  4. All4ANG All4ANG is offline

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    Mar 3rd, 2011 (3/3/2011 8:24am) in reply to H0LDiT

    i think you might be asking about pot odds vs your hand win rate, or implied odds. But yes the two posts above me are correct about pot odds.
  5. above_films above_films is offline

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 2:59am) in reply to All4ANG

    okay. thank you for the replies!
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  6. OhElGee OhElGee is offline

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 4:02am) in reply to above_films

    1k in the pot and u need to put 500 to call thats 2:1... 2:1 = 1/ 2+1 ....= 1/3 therefore you must have a 33% chance of winning to be profitable play, preflop + postflop this can be used, but implied odds inflate the pot size......now instead of 1k in the pot, you think u can win his other 2k if u hit..so the pot is an implied 3k.......now ur getting 6:1...= 1/1+6 ...= 1/7,so the dynamics change. That dosen't mean u should always push with a flush draw don't take it the wrong way, use implied odds in situations where your opponent has a +~5-10% edge on you etc or if its a short stack betting their pockets on the flop and u've got a nice draw..many feasable usages
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