The is from the DVD of Phil Gordon The name of the DVD is: Final Table Poker with Phil Gordon. It’s a great DVD for beginner poker players and even advanced poker players.
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I’m not so sure about any shortcuts but what’s mentioned here, like 4 and 2 rule in this video, are pretty quick to do. When playing live it’s easy if no-one raises, just count number of bettors and multiply by the big blind value to find pot total. Like everything else practice makes perfect. GL
Does anyone know a shortcut to calculating the pot odds? When playing online, it’s easier because the running total of the pot is provided. In a live game, the pot can grow quickly and it’s hard to keep track of the amount “in the pot” to be able to quickly calculate odds. Plus, with all these even numbered examples, it’s much easier. This video is EXCELLENT…just curious if anyone knows a shortcut or if we can round up by quickly assessing what the pot looks to be worth. Many thanks!
You also need to count your own money this time
1/1+4 that means 1/5*100=20%
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For me i find it quicker to just think of pot odds as fractions eg. if there is $300 in pot, opponent bets $100 to call i have to put in $100 making a total of $500; therefore i have to put in 1/5 of the $500 which is equivalent to 20%.
….I spent like 2 days trying to understand this in The Theory of Poker, and it took about 5 minutes here.
info: if ur wondering if these calculations are the same for heads-up, 6 handed game or a ring game, let me safe you some time: They are! Why? because the number of players involved isnt an issue. It s all about the cards you know, which are your hole cards and the cards on the flop and/or the turn. It could be that you have less outs than you calculate since other player might hold one or more of your outs. However you cant know that for certain so it isnt important in the calculations.
Thats exactly what i dont understand. I can understand that if you CALL the $100 bet, the pot would be $500, and therefore 5:1 or 20%. But why use the extra first step(4:1)??