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Mdf1992
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Hi All!
So I'm a bit confused. I just started calculating pot odds and hand equity, and the way I had been doing it is as follows:
If somebody raised 10c into a 1 dollar pot, I would calculate the odds as being 10/(1.20) = 8.3% pot odds. And then let's say I had a flush draw and so there were 9 outs for me, so I would divide 9/46 = 20% hand equity. So that would be a call because 20% > 8.3%.
Now here's the thing! I want to start doing odds/equity in the 3:1, 10:1 type of way, instead of percentages.
So my question is: is this how you would do it?
I would risk 10 cents to make 1.10 so that is 1.10:10 odds aka 11:1 odds?
And then my hands equity would be 46/9 = 5:1 odds?
Or isn't it the opposite? IDK can someone help me make sense out of this? I think the pot odds of 11:1 makes sense because I am risking 1 to make 11. But as for my hand equity, I don't understand how 5:1 makes sense? I want to intuitively understand what this means.
Again, I basically want to start seeing pot odds and equity in the 3:1 vs. 5:1 sense, instead of percetanges. Can someone help me here?/also, do you prefer to look at it in percentages or the ratios? I just thin ratios are more simple, especially when calculating pot odds, because I can just simply ratio the amount i need to call vs. the amount that i would win (instead of having to add my call to the denominator to get the percentage).
Thanks for any insight here!
Mark
So I'm a bit confused. I just started calculating pot odds and hand equity, and the way I had been doing it is as follows:
If somebody raised 10c into a 1 dollar pot, I would calculate the odds as being 10/(1.20) = 8.3% pot odds. And then let's say I had a flush draw and so there were 9 outs for me, so I would divide 9/46 = 20% hand equity. So that would be a call because 20% > 8.3%.
Now here's the thing! I want to start doing odds/equity in the 3:1, 10:1 type of way, instead of percentages.
So my question is: is this how you would do it?
I would risk 10 cents to make 1.10 so that is 1.10:10 odds aka 11:1 odds?
And then my hands equity would be 46/9 = 5:1 odds?
Or isn't it the opposite? IDK can someone help me make sense out of this? I think the pot odds of 11:1 makes sense because I am risking 1 to make 11. But as for my hand equity, I don't understand how 5:1 makes sense? I want to intuitively understand what this means.
Again, I basically want to start seeing pot odds and equity in the 3:1 vs. 5:1 sense, instead of percetanges. Can someone help me here?/also, do you prefer to look at it in percentages or the ratios? I just thin ratios are more simple, especially when calculating pot odds, because I can just simply ratio the amount i need to call vs. the amount that i would win (instead of having to add my call to the denominator to get the percentage).
Thanks for any insight here!
Mark
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