Poker Odds and Probabilities

[noteluv]

Can anyone please recommend a website or a book that covers calculating Poker Odds and Probabilities in detail. I know how to calculate pot odds | implied odds and whether or not I have the odds to call the raise etc. However, i find myself lost when I read other peoples comments that my 6c4c are x% fav/dog against XY hand.

I was reading Gus's book - every hand revealed and Gus is a very mathematically correct player apart from being a maniac - time n again he mentions that my hand was 30% fav against my opponents pre flop. HOw do you memorize, more over how do u find out what your opponent is holding? let alone find the percentage of ur hand being successful against your opponent.

[celtic123]

PokerStove: Poker Software and Analysis

download pokerstove, its free play around with it. there are videos on how to use it on youtube.

[noteluv]

Thanks a ton.. got it to run on my mac as well.

[EasyPoker]

The rule of two and four helps give a rough guidance as well (mid-play)

if you have nine outs on the flop then the odds of you winning on the river are roughly 36%...the odds of you hitting on the turn are roughly 18% etc

[daviddem]

A nice refinement of the rule of 2 and 4 when you have many outs is to subtract the number of outs beyond 8 from the rule of 4. So if you have 15 outs on the flop, you would have 15*4 - 7 = 53% chance to hit by the river.

The real number is 54.1%.

Do not apply this correction for the rule of 2.

[HarleyGuy13]

The rule of two and four helps give a rough guidance as well (mid-play)

if you have nine outs on the flop then the odds of you winning on the river are roughly 36%...the odds of you hitting on the turn are roughly 18% etc

Has nothing to do with what op asked!

[EasyPoker]

Has nothing to do with what op asked!

Yes it does. The rule of two and four can give you an estimate of your equity in certain spots i.e.

let alone find the percentage of ur hand being successful against your opponent.

[HarleyGuy13]

Yes it does. The rule of two and four can give you an estimate of your equity in certain spots i.e.

Ok dumbass the rule of two and four gives you the % of chance that your perceived outs will come. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PROBABILITY OR EQUITY against anther hand!

[daviddem]

Yes, Harley, it is still a decent way to estimate equity. If your outs always give you the best hand, then the % of the time you hit them is the % of the time you win the hand, or win% in pokerstove, which is usually very close from your equity barring tied pots.

If your outs do not always give you the best hand or are not all "clean" (such as flush outs on the flop facing a set for example), then the way to go is to discount some of your outs to get the rule back closer to actual equity.

[EasyPoker]

Ok dumbass the rule of two and four gives you the % of chance that your perceived outs will come. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PROBABILITY OR EQUITY against anther hand!

What did I do to you for you to speak to me in such a way? I actually liked you.

Either way, go read Professional No Limit Holdem or something.

BECAUSE:

Yes, Harley, it is still a decent way to estimate equity. If your outs always give you the best hand, then the % of the time you hit them is the % of the time you win the hand, or win% in pokerstove, which is usually very close from your equity barring tied pots.

If your outs do not always give you the best hand or are not all "clean" (such as flush outs on the flop facing a set for example), then the way to go is to discount some of your outs to get the rule back closer to actual equity.

[HarleyGuy13]

What did I do to you for you to speak to me in such a way? I actually liked you.

Either way, go read Professional No Limit Holdem or something.

BECAUSE:

Buddy I'm just giving you a hard time wasn't an attack. Gotta have thicker skin. My apology if I offended you!

My point is the op understands the individual points he's wanting to know how to put it all together. Guess I am the dumbass for saying "it has nothing to do with...." Yes it is a portion of the equation!

[EasyPoker]

In all honesty, OP's post was pretty badly written. Let's look at his actual questions:

Can anyone please recommend a website or a book that covers calculating Poker Odds and Probabilities in detail.

Book: Professional No Limit Hold Em. /question
Website: Google is your friend, though I'm perplexed becayse what you say you already know is really all you need to know as a raw beginner i.e. implied/pot odds.

Knowledge of combos would also help too. In which case go here: How-To: Calculating Hand Combinations, About Blockers, etc. - Poker Forums

Just read the whole damn BC Digest at the top of the BC.

How do you memorize, more over how do u find out what your opponent is holding?

This question is about hand reading ldo, and the best answer on this forum is probably here: http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...ge-177508.html

But also see here: What´s a range, Dad? - Poker Forums

[daviddem]

Also for basic poker math, probabilities, equities, pot odds, EV equations and all that good stuff, definitely read no limit theory and practice by Sklansky. Bit of a tough read, but very very valuable.

[Imthenewfish]

stopped reading after the 8th post because of excessive trollings and RAGE itt
edit- for OP: some links that may help
YouTube - spoonitnow.com - Quick Guide to PokerStove Shortcuts - pokerstove help
http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...ll-173396.html - important after you guesstimate your equity
im not sure how relative this is, but this may help also http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...ws-173190.html
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