Is my knowledge of pot odds strategy right?

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I understand pot odds quite well, however in the past if i'm in the small blind or big blind etc; i'd sometimes find myself folding hands like 52o or 83o even though I was getting 4/1 pot odds etc;

So if you're in the big blind or small blind and you have to put 0.02 into a 0.10 pot, you're getting 4/1 on your money, so calling here would be good right? considering you're getting good odds to call?
 
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Are you playing limit or no-limit?

If you're playing no-limit, then the pre-flop odds you're getting don't matter much unless you're all in or getting something insanely good. You're not going to get your hand to showdown often enough for odds to matter. It's about position and not flopping second best hands you have to pay off with or fold.

If you're playing limit, then it's just pure math because you know the most you have to pay + small implied odds can justify a call. It's math in no-limit too, but you just don't know what that math will be. :)

You sound like someone who could benefit from this library.

http://www.acepokersolutions.com/pokerstrategy/
 
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So if you're in the big blind or small blind and you have to put 0.02 into a 0.10 pot, you're getting 4/1 on your money, so calling here would be good right? considering you're getting good odds to call?

0.02 into 0.10 pot is 5/1
 
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0.02 into 0.10 pot is 5/1

You're risking 20c to win 10c right and you have to win 20% of the time. 100 / 20 = 5.00 decimal odds which is 4/1 in fractional odds.

That's how I figured it out which I believe is right
 
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Are you playing limit or no-limit?

If you're playing no-limit, then the pre-flop odds you're getting don't matter much unless you're all in or getting something insanely good. You're not going to get your hand to showdown often enough for odds to matter. It's about position and not flopping second best hands you have to pay off with or fold.

If you're playing limit, then it's just pure math because you know the most you have to pay + small implied odds can justify a call. It's math in no-limit too, but you just don't know what that math will be. :)

You sound like someone who could benefit from this library.

http://www.acepokersolutions.com/pokerstrategy/

Ok thanks, so would playing hands such as 85o and 72o when you're getting 4/1 in the blinds be a bad call or would you call with them odds?
 
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You're risking 20c to win 10c right and you have to win 20% of the time. 100 / 20 = 5.00 decimal odds which is 4/1 in fractional odds.

That's how I figured it out which I believe is right

2c to win 10c your return is actually 12c
10c in pot already and your 2c makes it 12c

If you have 5/1 odds - 1 time you win and 5 times you lose or 16.66% .
If you had flush draw on flop you are approx 4/1 just under 20%
 
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