How to Calculate Pot Odds | Poker Tutorials

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Hey, I'm professional poker player Nicky Numbers, and I'm going to talk to you about pot odds today. First of all, it's really important to know what pot odds even are before we can talk about them. Pot odds are a term that is used in poker to reflect the ratio of the size of the pot to the size of someone's wager. The wager that they make could be a bet, it could be a raise, it could be a re-raise. What we're comparing is the call amount to you to the total amount in the pot. So let's say we'er in the middle of a hand and this is the pot. Black chips are 100 and the green chips are 25. So we see there is 400 in black, another 100 in green, and another 100 in green. So there is 600 in this pot right now. If my opponent was to make a wager of 300 chips into this 600-chip pot, any amount that they put out is now part of the pot. So instead of the pot just having 600 in it, it is 600 plus my opponent's bet of 300 for a total of 900.

The amount for me to call is 300. In order to figure out our pot odds, what we're doing is we're taking the call amount to use and seeing how many times that amount can go into the pot. In other words, how many times can 300 go into 900. Well 3 goes into 9 three times, which means that our pot odds are 3:1. The call amount is always the one in the ratio. 3:1 means that we're literally getting 3:1 pot odds, or 3:1 odds on our call. If instead of betting 300 our opponent bet 600, they would have made a pot-size bet. Now their wager plus what was previously in the pot becomes the total pot. So instead of there being 600, there's 1200 in the pot.

The call amount to us is 600. So how many 600s are there in 1200? Two. Remember, the call amount is always the one when you're talking about pot odds. So it's 1200:600, or 2:1. There's a very quick short cut I'm going to show you that immediately know your pot odds.

If you know how much is in the pot, and you know what percentage of the pot your opponent bet, then you can easily know your pot odds. If my opponent makes a pot-sized bet, I'm getting 2:1. If they make a half pot-sized bet, I'm getting 3:1. If they make a quarter pot-sized bet, I'm getting 5:1. If they make a double pot-sized bet, I'm getting 1.5:1; however, you don't even need to worry about any of that because most of the time your opponents are going to bet somewhere between half the pot and the full pot. Half the pot is 2:1, full pot is 3:1. Anything in between is going to be somewhere between 2:1 and 3:1.

In the case of a three-quarters pot-sized bet, that would be the exact midpoint, and that would be 2.5:1. So there are some quick ways to calculate your pot odds.

[goldau]

This is for people who don't know. The point in knowing pot odds is so you can compare them to your card odds. So what this means is if you have a 4 to 1 shot at catching a flush on let's say the river then the pot needs to be offering you 4 to 1 to call to make it mathematically a correct call. So if the pot was offering you only 2 to 1 to call and you have a 4 to 1 chance of winning well you can see the risk dosent match the reward. But of corse if your feeling lucky screw the pot odds HAHAHAHAH Hope this helps someone.

[respeezy]

If im not mistaken he makes mistakes in the end of his explanation, if your opponent bets pot its 2:1 not 3:1 and if opponent bets half the pot its 3:1

[anibaldk]

3:08 - And that, my friends, is why you never see him on TV.

[sphd]

Thank you so much sir. You explained Pot Odds very clearly and simply. Kudos to you.

[jerrymartin]

Bro you said it the other way round at the end. I take it that was a mistake. The first time you said it was right I think thanks any ways.

[Specialboredom]

Thanks i got confused when the opponent bets in the pot . Now i get it

[KieranGarland]

Very very good explanation. Super clear.

[toscodav]

make a couple errors at the end. If someone bets 3quarters of the pot, your pot odds are 2.3 to 1 not 2.5 to 1.

[elinvestigadordelafrontera]

There's another mistake, 3/4 is not the middle point

[chrisnewtownnsw]

Nicky numbers I am one of about 5% of people who realised your surprising error here. Betting 75% of the pot is laying 2.3-1 pot odds.

[WisconsinParkour]

Wait, if opponent bets POT SIZE, it's 2:1, isn't it? 3:1 on half-pot sized...
600 +(bet)300 = 300 to call That's 3:1. He misspoke at the end of the video.

[juanpablomdq]

In the end there is mistake... Could u find it??

[CriZBeX]

2/3 pot size bet is 2.5 to 1, not 3/4

[Dankmansam]

Yeah you fucked up at the end. DId nobody check this lol?

[barack]

now having a 3;1 or a 2;1 ratio what does that mean? does that mean that you should call or not ?? 

[goldau]

Well depends on the situation yes if there is a 100 in the pot and a guy bets 10 I'm going to call of corse with any kind of decent draw.

[jamesdenoia]

how do I tell if 3:1 odds are good? Are they good? What about 2:1 or 5:1 or 4:1 or 2.5:1?

[karenaxper]

Ok if blinds are 200 400 what is the minimum rase and the rerase after

[upplsuckimcool]

I was always tolds it's the bet and the call plus the

So if the pot is 300 and someone bets 50 your call is 50 so that's 400/50 4-1

Have I been rong about this?

[earl]

How is a pot size bet 3 to 1? 500 in the pot, 500 raise. Isn't that 2 to 1?