10-26-2005, 08:45 PM
I apologize if this has been asked before, but I didn't see it in the part 1 discussion from last year on this book, so I thought I would ask here for clarification.
On page 27, Publius states that "If you must call a $4 bet, and the pot currently contains $40 (including the $4 bet), then your pot odds are 40-to-4 or 10-to-1". I have previously understood (and been taught) that pot odds are in relation to the current size of the pot, not the size of the pot + the bet you would call. In this example not including your call would mean 9-to-1 pot odds instead of 10-to-1. So did the author(s) make a rare mistake, or is this actually the correct way to calculate pot odds?
On page 27, Publius states that "If you must call a $4 bet, and the pot currently contains $40 (including the $4 bet), then your pot odds are 40-to-4 or 10-to-1". I have previously understood (and been taught) that pot odds are in relation to the current size of the pot, not the size of the pot + the bet you would call. In this example not including your call would mean 9-to-1 pot odds instead of 10-to-1. So did the author(s) make a rare mistake, or is this actually the correct way to calculate pot odds?