[bholdr]

Implied odds, briefly:

when considering a call, raise, or fold in NL poker, sometimes the immediate pot odds are not the most important factor. because one can win another player's whole stack, it's sometimes justifiable to call a strong raise, in the hopes that doing so will lead to taking big pot when you make a big hand.

for example, if a tight player raised 4BB preflop, he probably has a good hand... like aces... it might make sense to call with a ahnd that, though weaker, has potential for making a big hand and breaking that tight player.

so sometimes, one should call raises with hands like 6h7h, because you're getting good implied odds: it's the money one COULD stand to win if things line up right.


my point was that one should be aware that one offers too good implied odds to opponents, they could stand to lose a lot and, for example, get their aces cracked often. this has to be balanced by many other factors, of course.

hope that helped.