Poker Forum

Over 1,246,000 Posts!

Subscribe to FTR web feed
Already Registered?      Username:    Password:   Remember      Forgot Password
  >    > 

When people talk about price, what does it mean?

  
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Shadowskills
Old 08-22-2005, 03:49 PM     Post subject: When people talk about price, what does it mean? #1 (permalink)  
Shadowskills's Avatar

Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 62
Shadowskills
I hear a lot of people talking about getting the right price to call or the right price to bet. What does it mean?
Reply With Quote
Join the FTR Poker Forum to disable these banners and start posting!
Irisheyes
Old 08-22-2005, 04:25 PM #2 (permalink)  
Irisheyes's Avatar
4-of-a-Kind

Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: over there
Posts: 3,708
Irisheyes
pot odds would be my guess.
Reply With Quote
drmcboy
Old 08-22-2005, 04:31 PM #3 (permalink)  
drmcboy's Avatar
DrButtInski
Administrator

Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 9,602
drmcboy has disabled reputation
The bet (price) you need to call, or bet, for something to be profitable. Examples:

Pot is 100, op bets his last 50. You have a flush draw and are sure if you hit the flush you will win the pot.

So your price is 50, to try and win a 150 pot. The pot is giving you 3/1. You're about 2/1 to hit the flush, so you have the right price. If opp bet 200, it would be 200 to you to win a 300 pot, 1.5/1, and you would not have the right price.

Another common example here is someone raising with A high, and then someone moves in. If you're getting 2/1 on your money with A high it's usually the right price.

The right price to bet is a bit fuzzier - say you have nothing, and the pot is 100, and you think you opp will fold 60% of the time if you bet 100. If he calls, you will lose this bet every time and will fold after to any action, never winning the hand.

So if this plays out 10 times, 6 you win 100, 4 you lose 100, so you net 200.

It's mostly guess work, as you never KNOW what opp has - for example you may have a flush draw but be in against a set, so some outs are tainted, or you may be in against a lower flush draw and have the best hand.
Reply With Quote
a500lbgorilla
Old 08-22-2005, 04:55 PM #4 (permalink)  
a500lbgorilla's Avatar
JESUS TAKE THE KEYBOARD

Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: This room is a good place to be
Posts: 8,379
a500lbgorilla is a name known to alla500lbgorilla is a name known to alla500lbgorilla is a name known to alla500lbgorilla is a name known to alla500lbgorilla is a name known to alla500lbgorilla is a name known to all
Send a message via AIM to a500lbgorilla
when youre priced into calling, it's when you know you're probably drawing with a worse hand than your opponent but the pot is so big the call is mathematically correct.

-'rilla

Smithers, use the amnesia ray.
You mean the revolver, sir?
Precisely.
 
Reply With Quote
Reply
Latest Poker News
KoRnholio Old 05-26-2012, 03:08 PM    Australia Legalized Online Poker coming up in next 6 to 12 Months
According to an email sent out by Mark Bryan, a gaming analyst at Merrill Lynch, the Australian government plans to legalize online poker sometime in the next six to 12 months. This move will coincide ...

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT. The time now is 10:07 PM.


FTR Testimonials

All content
© FlopTurnRiver.com
Advertising  |   Partners  |   Testimonials  |   T&C  |   Contact Us  |   FTR News & Press  |   Site Map  |   Search FTR

Full Tilt  |   Titan Poker  |   UltimateBet  |   Poker Stars  |   Ladbrokes Bonus  |   Sportsbook  |   Cake Poker  

Play Texas Holdem Online, Online Texas Holdem Strategy, & Poker Forum
This is not a gambling website.