I have keep hearing different answers on Pot Odds. Do you take the total pot which let's call it $1500 to be simple and divide that by what you would be putting in total which would be $500 which is largest stack? And then should you divide $1500/$500 which equals 3 giving you 3-1 odds? If you look up poker odds and convert that to a percentage its 25% so you only need 25% equity to break even and given that you have 8 outs you have close to 32% going into the turn and river. Someone else tells me that you divide the amount ($500) by total pot($1500) giving you 33% equity which means you need 33% to break even...

I USE FREE PROGRAMS TO DO THE MATH FOR ME SO I DONT GET A HEADACHE THINKING ABOUT THIS STUFF.

It's not a debate, it's straightforward math.

If the pot is $1500 and you are facing a $500 bet, you're right that you are getting 3:1 or 25%.

If we are getting 25%, then what would the total pot have to be after our call? $2000. Duh.

So you can skip all the ratio nonsense and say we need 500/(1500+500) to call.

Pot odds are useless. You should have a feel for what other players have and a feel for what card is coming next. Just play off that.

/Debate

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