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Hi, guys!
I'm struggling really badly with pot odds.
For example, I raise to 75 cents and someone calls my bet. The last opponent raises to 3.20. Do I fold or do I see the flop and hope to get a set, etc.
he probably has pocket AA or KK.
Or, I raise to 75 with small pockets and I get reraises to 2.25 probably with higher pockets or AK.
Is it worth calling to see the flop and hopefully hit something good?
 
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You don't say what the blinds are so I will assume $0.10/$0.25. So $0.75 from you $0.75 from the caller $0.35 from the blinds that's $1.85 in the pot and raised to $3.20 this means it cost you $1.35 to call. The odds are 7.5 to 1 you're going to flop the set but the big question is if you do can you stack your opponent in this case since it costs a $1.35 we will just round this off to 8-1 his stack needs to be in the neighborhood of $10.40 in his stack to make the call mathematically correct but this is only if you are 99% sure that if you flop the set he will stacking off
 
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There is no single way to play your hands, and you should not play the same way all the time as well. Sometimes you just limp with small pockets, sometimes you call a re-raise from the aggressor...there is so many facts that you should take into account when deciding what you should do.
 
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Thank you, guys! You rock! So if I feel I'm dealing with someone who has pocket AAs and would pay if I hit a set, I should call that raise.
Yes, the stakes are 10/25
Are there any good books on pot odds?
 
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There may be a chapter dedicated to pot odds in many many poker books but I know of no single book dedicated to just that. It's all simple math. Knowing what the odds are of the hand you are trying to get, knowing what's in the pot, knowing how much it cost you, and knowing what the stack sizes are.
 
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That's really helpful! Thank you!
 
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FlushhDraw did a great job of explaining both the pot odds and implied odds of your hand in his post.

The concept of pot odds are super simple they just ask you, "is the % of money you have to put into the pot to call greater than your chance to make your hand?" If the answer is yes then you call.

To convert from odds to percent all you have to do is follow this formula

For odds x:y use percentage y/(x+y) * 100

Example: the chance to hit a flush draw by the river is 1.86:1

1.86 / (1.86+1) * 100 = 34.97%

Many players know that if someone bets ~1/3 pot and they have a flush draw they are supposed to call, but this is the math that justifies the call and it is based on pot odds.

There are many good websites with exact odds to hit certain hands out there just a google search away.

*Edit- I was wondering why the pot odds numbers on the odds for dummies link looked slightly off to me and the reason is that they are the odds for outs from the TURN to the RIVER only. I think people more commonly take into consideration the FLOP to RIVER odds which are roughly twice as good for the out ranges you will commonly see.
 
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If you have too a strong hand, or you judge fhat you have a good hand, then you can call!
 
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