Gutshot Odds Micro LHE

[MadMojoMonkey]

The flop comes K79, a gutshot to 789TJ of which I am holding JTs.

You have a double gutshot here, as an 8 or a Q will make your straight. PLUS either one is the nut straight, as always happens when JT plays both cards to a straight (no other pocket does that).

Aside from that, just read a few strategy articles on implied odds and pot odds and how you estimate your equity based on your outs. Make sure you understand those first.

Most of your confusion stems from a lack of solid understanding of the basic rule of gambling:

When:
the odds to win times the payout when you win
is more than
the odds to lose times the cost when you lose
then you make the bet.

[SlightlyFoxed]

You have a double gutshot here, as an 8 or a Q will make your straight. PLUS either one is the nut straight, as always happens when JT plays both cards to a straight (no other pocket does that).

I started playing poker in mid-November. I didn't even notice the other straight possibility.

Most of your confusion stems from a lack of solid understanding of the basic rule of gambling:

When:
the odds to win times the payout when you win
is more than
the odds to lose times the cost when you lose
then you make the bet.

I agree, but then I find I have a solid lack of understanding of pretty much everything right now but which hands beat which hands. But I will say my question came from thinking I would never get paid off enough for the times I lost.

You disagree? Do you agree that 7 bets on the flop is enough to be going on with for a 1 bet call?