redcross
Rock Star
Silver Level
I've played thousands of hands and I know I'm not an expert but I have to agree I feel I can make correct plays and have seen enough to evaluate and make an educated decision. Maybe I'm coming at it wrong but the whole time you are basing all you decisions off of player history. You keep track of how many time this player has folded or shoved or check raised. From that info you have an idea of what that player is holding. Super tight player who all the sudden starts betting big after folding 20 hands probably has the better hand. From that info you determine your outs and how much you want to spend chasing.
dolchinkov
Enthusiast
Silver Level
it's just feel it
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gohan2015
Rock Star
Silver Level
I've played thousands of hands and I know I'm not an expert but I have to agree I feel I can make correct plays and have seen enough to evaluate and make an educated decision. Maybe I'm coming at it wrong but the whole time you are basing all you decisions off of player history. You keep track of how many time this player has folded or shoved or check raised. From that info you have an idea of what that player is holding. Super tight player who all the sudden starts betting big after folding 20 hands probably has the better hand. From that info you determine your outs and how much you want to spend chasing.
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Vorban
Enthusiast
Silver Level
You can be a wining player with very little math but, maximising profits and minimizing losses requires understanding of EV...the better the understanding of EV the better the player you will be and the more money you will make.
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pkrkidd12
Rising Star
Bronze Level
IPlay
Bum hunts 25NL
Silver Level
People are saying to watch the player and if you are ahead you know. While that can be true, what if you are behind in the hand and you know it?
You have nothing but a draw to the nut flush on the flop and the pot is $1,000 and villian bets $500, do you have the odds to make the call?
This is when you need the math, you need to call $500 into a $1500 pot you are getting 3 to 1 odds which means you need to be good 25% of the time to make a positive EV call. Luckily you got about a 35-40% chance of getting your flush so it is right to call. Now I am new to poker and poker math myself so if anyone sees anyone flaws in my post, please let me know
You have nothing but a draw to the nut flush on the flop and the pot is $1,000 and villian bets $500, do you have the odds to make the call?
This is when you need the math, you need to call $500 into a $1500 pot you are getting 3 to 1 odds which means you need to be good 25% of the time to make a positive EV call. Luckily you got about a 35-40% chance of getting your flush so it is right to call. Now I am new to poker and poker math myself so if anyone sees anyone flaws in my post, please let me know
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twohaha
Rock Star
Silver Level
Poker math is definately useful for those extremely close decisions. However, I think you only need an intuitive understanding of the math in poker. Hand randing skills are far more important, and the better you are at hand reading, the easier your decisions become. In other words, you will, by your intuitive understanding of poker math, make the best decision. Without being able to place an accurate range on your opponent, your math will be off, while if your range is accurate at first, your "flawed" math will only have a little bit of error.
AtiFCOD
Legend
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