Pot Odds

[Nozzle23]

maybe someone can help me with this, Im not exactly a math wiz.
Sklansky says the odds of completing a 4 flush are 4.22 in hold em. when i do the math it comes out to 5.22. now we all know hes right, just trying to figure out where i went wrong

[CMonkey]

You have a 1-in-5.22 chance of making the flush. Your odds of making the flush are 4.22:1 against. In other words, you miss 4.22 times for every 1 time you make your flush.

[InfernoLL]

It's not terribly clear what you're asking. Do you mean a 4 flush on the flop with 2 to come or the turn with one. Either way, if your numbers are percentages, they're far too low. The odds tend to be 3-1 or 4-1.

If on the other hand, you're asking how often you will make a four flush on the flop, that is something like 8-1 (7-1)? Doing the math... Yeah this should be right: 11/50*10/49*39/48*3 = 0.109438776, the odds being 8.1375291 : 1. Nice.

Your number sounds like the chance of the flop coming all one suit. In this case p = 12/51*11/50 = 0.0517647059.

Again, it would be easy to answer the question if it were clear what you're asking.