Pot Odds practice / trainer

#1 6th September 2008, 2:43 AM

Hey

Does anyone know of either a website or computer programe that you can use to practice calculating pot odds. Kind of like the begginer poker trainers where they display the board and you read it and then it displays an answer

So kind of, displaying 2 hole cards, then dealing a flop, then asking you what your odds are of hitting an open ended straight and then correct or incorrect. You get the picture.

My maths is shocking and the best way is to practice like this for me, without the pressure of a game.

Anybody suggest any sites or programmes?.

Martin

#2 6th September 2008, 9:20 AM

I think you don't really need this, if after flop u got 4 cards and open str8, u just got to make easy math 8 out *2 *2 cards = 32%
if u got 4 cards after flop to a flush u got to make 9*2*2= 36%
its preety easy

#3 6th September 2008, 9:28 AM

I don't think it's necessary to calculate the odds, but rather, recognize the possibilities of the outs and determine, through approximation, the possibility for you to hit that hand.
then you'd be dealing with simple manageable fractions.

#4 6th September 2008, 10:31 AM

I'm not sure of any programs like this, although I know poker office has a built in odds calculator, but I dont recommend buying this software because it is pretty much outdated and they wont be adding any new features.

I pretty much use the method gopnik mentions, and it's pretty easy to do it on the fly.

outs x 2= % chance of hitting your draw on the next card
outs x 4=% chance with 2 cards to come
This is an approximation although the percentages will be close enough to serve your purpose.

I'd suggest going on to the free money fixed limit tables and just play every hand to practice and get it down.

#5 7th September 2008, 7:09 PM

I haven't found anything like this either. You can always grab a deck of cards and just deal two hole cards and a flop, or even a couple of imaginary opponents and the flop and calculate for each.

~H

#6 8th September 2008, 4:00 PM

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Originally Posted by William Martin

Hey

Does anyone know of either a website or computer programe that you can use to practice calculating pot odds. Kind of like the begginer poker trainers where they display the board and you read it and then it displays an answer

So kind of, displaying 2 hole cards, then dealing a flop, then asking you what your odds are of hitting an open ended straight and then correct or incorrect. You get the picture.

My maths is shocking and the best way is to practice like this for me, without the pressure of a game.

Anybody suggest any sites or programmes?.

Martin

Partypoker.com

Sign up and click on in the main lobby, scroll down a bit to 'play money games' (that's all you can do as a US player anyway, but you can probably deposit). Anyway, right under it, you'll see the poker trainer. You choose how many people you want at the table, and beginner, int, or advanced. It gives you 'hand value' and 'pot odds' preflop. Postflop, it also gives you 'potential' percentage.

Don't know how useful it is, but it's free, and you're playing bots, so take your time. And it also has a fast forward button so if you're not in a hand, it goes by fast.

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