Texas Holdem Odds

Texas Holdem Pot Odds

Pot odds in texas holdem games are really just another way of looking at expectation. It's about comparing the amount of money in the pot with the amount of money you would have put in to continue playing. It helps answer the eternal question in poker strategy: "Is it worth it to continue in this hand?" To answer that, you always have to have a sense of card odds. In order to calculate the odds of finding the card you need on the board, you will need to know two things. One is how many "Outs" you have, and the other is the number of unseen cards. "Outs" refer to the number of cards that can make your hand. To determine the odds that you will get the card you need, you simply divide the number of outs you have by the number of unseen cards.

You should learn and remember these basic odds when playing online texas holdem games: If you hold a four flush, the odds of catching it on the turn are 19.1%, on the river is 19.6%. Catching it on the turn or the river is 35.0%. The odds of catching an open-ended straight on the turn is 17.0%, and on the river is 17.4%. On the turn or the river, the odds for catchig the open ended straight is 31.5%. The odds of making a gutshot straight on the turn is 8.5%, on the river 8.7%, and on the turn or the river 16.5%. The odds of turnin your pair into Three-of-a-Kind on the turn is 4.3%. Catching trips on the river, 4.3%. Catching trips at the turn or the river, 8.4%. With pocket pairs it's more likely that you'll catch trips on the flop, with odds of 11.8%.

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