Originally Posted by ensign_lee

So far I've read no replies that help.

In your situation, when deciding whether to call, you DO take into account the amount of money that you will be putting in by calling. In the above example, you will be be putting in $4 to win $14. This is 4/14 which is about 2/7 or .23%. Even if you can guarantee yourself that there will not be a bet on the turn, you cannot call this bet.

Originally Posted by iopq

First of all, these are pots ODDS

2 to 5
winning is a little better than 1 to 2 which equals 2 to 4 which is better than 2 to 5

if you're going the POT PERCENT way
it's 28.6%

the win % is 35%


So call if you think that he will call you down as often at the river if you make your flush as he will bet at the turn if you don't make it by the turn

Originally Posted by arkana

It depends on whether you are working with percentages or odds.

Pot Odds: 10:4 or 2.5:1, Odds of making the flush: 4:1 (one card)
Percentages: 4/14= 28.6%, Probability(Percentage) of making the flush: 1/5 = 20%

You just have to be consistent.

Originally Posted by Ripptyde

good example of pot odds:

I had been killing 2/4 six max and decided to step up the limits and go sit at 5/10 with 200 bones....double up my very first hand with KK and then steal a few blinds and rep a few flops....sittin on about 550 when I catch this hand (full table)

Im on the bb and catch 6/4os (notice I said 'catch' because 6/4os is a fk'n monster in my book :P )

so the action goes...limp, limp , limp, limp, fold, limp , limp mini raise

so when it gets to me I have to call another 10 bucks to see the flop ...normally I would muck 6/4os of course into any raise...but with 7 in the pot it made the call a no brainer.

So everybody else calls the mini raise and before the cards are dealt there is a $140.00 bones in the pot

FLOP 6/6/4...ohhh yea come to papa. I knew I was gonna get paid off

I check....a couple other checks and then some guy leads out with a pot sized bet !!....so I'm lickin my chops when lo' and behold before it gets to me there is a RAISER !! I smooth call the raise saving my remaining 300 for the turn certain that there will be more action.

Sure enough raiser # 1 goes all in...raiser # 2 calls and I call off the rest of my stack

A/4 , KK and me :P

without proper pot odds I never would have played the hand in the 1st place and it ended up being a $1300.00 pot...with 6/4os limping in from the small blind

thats no limit baby

Originally Posted by Ripptyde

so when it gets to me I have to call another 10 bucks to see the flop ...normally I would muck 6/4os of course into any raise...but with 7 in the pot it made the call a no brainer.