Postflop: The Mathematics of Poker - Odds & Outs
by Maik Girke
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Introduction
In this article
- Which cards help you?
- Learning to balance risk and reward
- Not every helpful hand is really helpful
Draws, or drawing hands are incomplete hands which have to be complemented by another community card so that they can be defined as a made hand. The strategy from the beginner section hasn't clearly defined how to handle these kinds of hands yet.
In this article you will learn the mathematical basis of poker. You will learn how to figure out the winning percentages of your draw and how to determine whether it is profitable to play the hand.
The article is based upon the explanation of three central terms:
- Outs
Outs are all the cards which can improve your hand.
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Odds
Odds show how likely it is that one of the upcoming community cards is one of your outs.
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Pot Odds
Pot Odds express the relationship between the possible profit and the bet, which you have to put in. In a way, they represent the risk-reward-ratio. If they are compared with the odds, it is possible to say to what extend it is worth to call a bet in order to complete your draw.
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