Some people say to figure out the odds just do like 47 or 46, however many cards are left unseen, divided by ur outs. Like in the second example which I guess was a typo, but have had people tell me that is the way to do it. Are they just uninformed?
But I always do like u guys said : (Cards unseen - outs) : outs. and if pot odds are better than ur chance of hitting , ex: 7:1 pot odds and 4.75:1 chance of hitting hand, than you would be getting good enough odds to call right? (i am no-limit player, not that that matters, just saying)
I understand implied odds a lil bit too(people say thats what NLHE is about more than expressed), but want to be able to know my expressed odds without having to use a calculator, before I focus on implied odds. So basicaly I want to memorize my expressed odds, which I have not memorized them yet.
Theres the 2 and 4 rule, but that is a percentage rather than a fraction. If I took the pot odds and reversed the fraction does that give me the percantage of my pot odds as opposed to a fraction. ex: 50$ call into a 250$ pot is 5:1 pot odds, and if you have 8 outs with 1 card to come,using the rule of 2 than 8x2=16 so 16% chance of hitting, then u take ur pot odds and reverse the fraction to get a percentage? 1:5 = .2 or 20% ? so 20% is higher than 16% so good call?
Also can u reverse the fraction on ur hand odds to get the percentage?
ex: 9 outs with 1 card to come (46-9):9 = 37:9 = 4.1:1
So could u do 1:4:1 to get ur percentage? or am i just confusing myself? Am I confusing myself with odds for hitting with odds for missing, or do u only need to know the chance of hitting? And with percentages do u want a lower pot odds % than chance of hittin %, cuz like 4:1 chance of hittng and 6:1 pot odds give u 25% chance of hitting, but 17% pot odds, so with percentage do u want higher chance to hit than pot odds as opposed to fractions u want higher pot odds than chance of hitting?
9x2=18% but 1:4.1=24%? is it because the 2 and 4 rule is not 100% accurate, or am i mixing myself up?
I can get the easy fractions into percentages lik 1:5=20% 1:4=25%, but the harder ones I just use my computers calculator, like the 1:4.1 = .243902243902 and keeps going, so I move the decimal place 2 to the right for my percentage and round off the next number to the 10th for 24% or 24.4% to be exact?
Hrm, sorry I'm a little rusty on my math skills I guess, so I hope I did those right, and also that someone can understand my questions, thanks for any help clearing up my confusion.