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Pot Odds Made Easy
Count, cards paid, price, plan
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Is your draw getting a fair price?
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You have four hearts and face a bet. Count the hearts that help, check how many cards this call buys, then compare your chance with the price.
What you’ll learn
- Remember the common 4, 8 and 9-out draws
- Use ×2 for one card and ×4 only when both remaining cards are covered
- Recognize 20%, 25% and 33% calling prices
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1. Count: remember 4, 8, 9
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Gutshot: 4 outs. One missing rank completes the straight: four cards of that rank. Open-ended straight draw: 8 outs. Two end ranks help: four of each. Flush draw: 9 outs. Thirteen cards of the suit minus the four already visible.
An out is an unseen card that improves you toward a winning hand. A straight-completing card can also make an opponent a flush; a small flush can lose to a bigger one. Count a card once even if it helps two draws. Do not automatically count overcards as winners.
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2. Cards paid: ×2 or ×4?
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One next card: outs ×2. Use this on the turn for the river, or on the flop when judging a call just to see the turn.
Both turn and river covered: outs ×4. Use this estimate for a flop all-in when no further payment is needed. A normal flop call may face another bet on the turn: the river is not included for free.
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