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Unless I have misinterpreted your chart, I don't think of implied odds in as fixed numbers or equations as you have seemed to have it laid out. The concept of implied odds is relatively simple, but the difficulty of applying implied odds isn't so much in the calculation in my opinion so much as it's in your ability to predict the future in terms of how your opponent will act. For example, if there's a $100 pot and you're on a flush draw with one card to come and villain bets $50. Your pot odds are 25% and your probability of hitting the flush are about 18%. So the question is: IF you hit your flush, will you make-up that extra 6% ($14) from the villain? Some villains won't put another penny in the pot once the flush comes. Some will give your their stack. Other villains will do everything in between.
So, the hallmark of good implied odds play in my opinion is your ability to predict future villain play if you hit your draw. Some of the main factors to consider are obviously your villain's tendencies, but maybe more important is the type of hand you're drawing to coupled with board texture. Drawing 4 cards to make a flush won't pay nearly as well as a well disguised 86s on a A752 rainbow board. There are more factors to consider like your image, position, stack sizes, and the usual suspects, but your ability to assess the situation in the future is the key. I've had some hands recently where I called without the right pot odds, but thought I had the right implied odds and then ended up hitting my card BUT not getting a penny more. To me, even though I won the pot, in the long run, I really lost and just got lucky. That is important: if you don't make up the difference, you really lose and anything you get past what you need to break-even is your profit.
I know a lot of players seem to think that it's acceptable to set mine with pocket pairs IF the villain has a full stack or deeper, but that isn't really the only factor to consider. Will the villain give you his stack OR enough of it when you hit to make up the 10 to 1 dog you are to make your set? Many players just assume that if the villain HAS the stack to pay you, he will. Again, that is not always the case. Maybe he won't. Also, off topic, if villain gets you to put in more than 10% of your stack pre-flop heads up with a small pocket pair versus his over pair, villain has already won because 10 times you'll lose at least 10% and only one time you MIGHT double up, which is break even best case.
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