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Explanation of pot odds requested.
I THINK i understand pot odds, but the way i understand it it is difficult to calculate it on the fly if you consider a RANGE of hands. I can calculate it pretty easy if i am drawing on the nuts, but i don't get the consequences if i am not going to the nuts. Plus if board pairs and nuts changes to boat, I discount that cause i dunno how to examine it.
For example. I am in HU and pot is 1000. I have Ax clubs and 2clubs come out on flop. 9 of 13 clubs remain, in approximately 47 cards. I like to round numbers so I am going to call this 1/5 chance of a club on the turn and 1/5 chance on river if it doesn't come on turn.
So i have a 1/5 chance to win on either of next 2 cards (ignoring pairing the board, and i want to learn how NOT to ignore it. but ignored for sake of this example.
So villian bet's 100. Clearly that is only 10% of pot and i have 40% change of getting the flush (1/5 + 1/5 cause it's an OR situation) so i bet. Good pot odds. I call.
But turn did not hit club.
So now pot is 1200. i have 1/5 or 20% chance to get my flush on river. If bet is over 240, it is getting time to fold since my pot odds are decreasing. 240 is close so I may call based on a read, but a bet of 500 makes me think to immediately fold cause I have half the odds to hit that I am paying...
In this over simplified example, am i basically correct?
Or barring my stupid example, can someone put up a clear example?
I tried the search feature, but so many people say "pot odds" in post that I cannot find an explanation.
Thanx in advance..
SuperDave9x19
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