[CrisBrown]

Hi Louie,

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One of us misunderstood. Are you saying that if you have "6 outs" you'll figure that's 12%, and 100-12=88, and 88:12 is "7+:1"? And that's "faster" than "6 outs", 42 bads, 42:6 is "7:1"?

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I think it's faster for some of us who (for other reasons altogether) have percentage-to-fractionals memorized. I don't have to do the (100 - %%)%% calculation, because I know that 9% is 1/11th, 10% is 1/10th, 11% is 1/9th, 12.5% is 1/8th, 14% is 1/7th, 17% is 1/6th, 20% is 1/5th, 25% is 1/4th, 33% is 1/3rd, 40% is 2/5ths, 50% is 1/2, and so on.

So for me, the outs x cards to come x 2% equation works for me, at least for Hold'Em where outs are typically within the range of reliability for that equation. For Omaha, it isn't as useful, because the 2%/4% equation breaks down at around 12-13 outs, and in Omaha you commonly have more outs than that.

Cris