Quote Originally Posted by Big Dazz
Hi,

Im not quite getting this odds thing. Ive been reading on the forum that you need to place a half or three quarter pot sized bet in order to destroy drawing odds.

OK - theres $10 in the pot - flop comes comes down and gives me a flush draw. Opponenet bets $10 - thats $20 in the pot - i call $10 for a chance to win $20 - that's 2:1 odds. Flush drwaw with 2 cards to come is slightly less that 2:1 - therefore good call. Pot sized bet is not big enough.

So I dont see how a bet < that pot size will kill drawing odds.

Cheers
You are counting your odds based on both cards to come, so you are neglecting that you are probably going to have to call ANOTHER bet on the turn. E.g. You call the flop bet. And you don't get one of your 9 outs for the flush (which will happen more than 4 out of 5 times). The pot now has $30. Your opponent now bets $20. The only time you can safely count your outs for both streets still to come is when you or your opp would be going all-in when you make the call.

This is why I advocate determining your pot odds on a street by street basis.

I.e. in order for your call to be good JUST BASED ON POT ODDS on this flop you need to have 2:1 odds (or about a 33% chance) to hit your outs solely on the TURN.