Pot odds, poker strategy

Once you’re on the flop, you should use pot odds to decide your next step. When the flop hits, you’re earning or hoping to win (with a deadly weapon) or want cards to improve your hand (you will be ‘drawing’). If you have a deadly weapon, you should bet and raise. Want to win the pot now because more cards will only help your opponents. An example of a deadly weapon is if you own AK and the table is KJ4.

If you own a deadly weapon, such drawing. You should use pot odds to determine whether you should match the bet or fold. First, you count the number of outs you have. An “out” is a letter that’ll make your hand the best. For example, if your hand is KJ and the community cards are Q 10 7, then your outs are 4 aces and 4 nines: 8 total outs. To calculate the percentage you have to hit one out in the next letter, you multiply the number of outs by 2 and then add 2.

Once you’ve found your chance to hit, you multiply that number by the pot plus the bet, to see which is the maximum bet you should call.

For example, the bet is $ 20 and the pot is $ 80, the bet plus the pot is $ 100.

Suppose you have 6 outs (6 cards will help you). This means that you have a 14% chance to hit. If the pot is $ 90 and must equal $ 10, you must match as long as you do have a 10% chance of winning (10/100 – the total pot is 90 +10).

However, if the bet was $ 20, you should fold, because you would need 18.2% chance of hitting (20/110).

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