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POKER MATH MADE EASY
BY ROY ROUNDER
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Introduction
Poker math is NOT rocket science.
The basics of calculating poker odds are actually quite simple… and only require
knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. If you made it past the
5 th grade, you can learn to figure “pot odds” in no time.
Personally, I played no limit Texas Holdem for YEARS without knowing ANY of this
stuff. I used my “instincts” when deciding whether or not to stay in a hand.
When I finally learned some poker “math”, my skills increased considerably. Not only
because I began making better decisions at the table, but because my new skills led to
me to new INSIGHTS about the game and how it’s played.
Learning odds will expand your poker IQ in a way that makes learning advanced
strategies and theory much easier.
But there’s a problem.
Up until now, poker odds was only taught by a handful of pros and books, and most of
the time it’s been explained in a way that’s too complex to understand.
No one has brought the world of “poker math” down to an easy, step-by-step format that
anyone can learn quickly…
And that’s my goal here.
I’ve done my best to explain the basics of odds calculations for the game of no limit
Texas Holdem. Use this information as another tool in your toolbox... in conjunction
with the many other strategies and secrets you learned in my book.
When you’re done with this, I’d love for you to email me your feedback. If there’s
enough interest, in the future I might write another book JUST about advanced poker
math and theory. I can be reached at roy@royrounder.com .
While reading this report, it’s important that you read the sections IN ORDER and ALL
THE WAY THROUGH. Each section builds on the previous sections.
OK, let’s get started.
Calculating Outs
The first step to learning poker math is to learn how to calculate “outs”.
“Outs” are the cards in the deck that can give you a winning hand. They refer to the
cards that can hit the board. The more outs you have, the better. The more outs you
have, the stronger your hand.
For example… let’s say you’re holding:
The flop comes out:
How many outs do you have?
Well, a ten will give you the nut straight… and presumably the best hand. If either a King
or Ace hit the board, you’ll have top pair. So those cards can be considered outs as well.
The answer is 3 Aces +3 Kings + 4 Tens (straight draw) =10 Outs.
Now the turn comes and the board looks like this:
NOW how many outs do you have?
Well, now you’re just one spade away from a flush. So you’re number of outs just
INCREASED.
The answer is 3 Aces + 3 Kings + 4 Tens + 9 Spades (flush draw) – 1 Ten of Spades = 18
Outs.
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Notice that the ten of spades was SUBTRACTED at the end of our calculation. Why? The
reason is because we already counted it with the four tens in the deck that would give us
the straight.
When calculating odds, never count the same card twice.
OK, so what if someone was holding a Jack and a Queen and had two pair. How would
that change things? Well, getting top pair would no longer give you the best hand…
which means the three Kings and three Aces in the deck are no longer outs.
This is important.
Outs are ONLY cards that will give you the winning hand.
The question becomes… how do I really KNOW what the winning hand will be?
And the answer is you don’t.
This is one of the primary limitations of poker odds and calculations… but it’s also good
because it maintains the unpredictable nature of the game and paves the way for other
strategies-- like tells and psychology.
In our example above, if someone bet heavily after both the flop and turn, you might put
them on a hand like two pair or three-of-a-kind. In that case, you would only calculate
the four tens, the nine spades, and then subtract the ten of spades in order to figure your
outs (the answer is twelve).
Obviously, you’ve got a fantastic hand since you’re on BOTH the nut straight draw AND
the nut flush draw. This is a rare occurrence, of course.
OK, let’s do another example. Say you’ve got pocket deuces and limp in before the flop.
The flop comes out:
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