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02-22-2021 , 10:24 AM

Koprek

newbie

Join Date: Mar 2019 Posts: 19

When facing a bet you can roughly estimate your odds by simply memorizing that 1/2 pot is 25%, 3/4 is 30% and so on.

Is there any similar way/shortcut to roughly calculate your odds when you get check raised?

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02-22-2021 , 10:46 AM

M1ndCtrl

enthusiast

Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 78

Odds of hitting? or odds of getting paid off if you hit

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02-22-2021 , 11:11 AM

Koprek

newbie

Join Date: Mar 2019 Posts: 19

These shortcuts indicate the required equity needed in order to call a bet or not.

So for example if facing a 1/2 pot bet on River we need to have at least 25% equity in order to call.

You can calculate this manually like that:

Amount to call / (Amount to call + Total pot size)

Or if you can't do this in your head efficiently and quickly (like me)

You can simply memorize this:

https://imgur.com/a/G743ueQ

However if you get check raised these shortcuts no longer works and you have to do the whole calculation.

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02-22-2021 , 11:15 AM

Yeodan

Micro NLHE Coach

Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,621

pot odds calculation is exactly the same when facing a bet or raise
you just use the amount you have left to call instead

say pot is 100
villain bets 50
it's 50 for us to call so:
pot = 200 = 100 + 50 + 50 (since we get our 50 back)
our odds = 50 / 200 = 25%
which adds up with your half pot bet

another example, pot is 80
you bet 10
villain raises to 60
that makes it 50 left for you to call
pot = 200 = 80 + 10 + 60 + 50 (we still get our bet back)
odds = 50 / 200 = 25%

exactly the same

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02-22-2021 , 01:47 PM

sixfour

should be called sevenfour

Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 74,952

well, if the pot's $50, you bet $30 and get checkraised to $100, is it really that hard to work out you need to call $70 into a pot of $180?

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02-22-2021 , 08:11 PM

Cfoye

adept

Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 922

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Originally Posted by sixfour

well, if the pot's $50, you bet $30 and get checkraised to $100, is it really that hard to work out you need to call $70 into a pot of $180?

Yep op just work out what your pot odds are and you’ll notice nothing has changed.

So in the above example he’s giving you 2.57:1 pot odds which is close enough to a 2/3 pot bet.

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