Re: formula for calling bets based on outs
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I think we are making it harder than it is.......
If you have 5 outs after the flop......
I use my multiplication table, which I've known by memory since grade school.
9*5 outs =45 and there are 47 unseen cards, so 2 left over divided by 5 = 4 because 5*4 = 20. 5 goes into 47 9.4 times, of which I'll make my hand once, so the odds of me hitting my hand on the turn are 8.4:1
I can do this in my head, at the table, if I've forgotten the odds of a 5 out'r.
I use to have to do that, but not anymore, I've memorized them all.
So, on a 5 out'r, if there are 8 bets in the pot and you believe you will get at least one call on the turn, I'll peel one if I'm drawing to the nutz when I can expect one call, because my implied pot odds are greater than my chances of making my hand.
You need to know how to discount outs though, such as two overcards. See Small Stakes Hold'Em for that.
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Your maths is great...but your reading could use some work. Detention after school.
Bingo
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