Quote Originally Posted by Brodie
I've never seen anyone mention this, but when I'm deciding to call or not and calculating pot odds, I do it "backwards". What I mean is that I figure out the odds of my hand improving and then look at the bet I'm faced with and then multiply that bet by the odds (for instance, I'm faced with a $70 bet and my odds are improving are 4 to 1, so the pot has to be $280 or more for me to call).

This is backwards from every way I've ever seen it described, but does it matter? Am I doing it wrong and it's going to hurt me?

Thanks!

Have you tried to use texas hold'em calculators for this task?
There are some calculators, which show your optimal bets depending on the pot size, cards, number of players in the pot, etc.