Re: Key holdem odds to memorize
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to use your example, you are dead wrong if you dont understand why such odds are important to memorize. suppose you hold a trash hand like 8 T offsuit, from the small blind, in a 1/2 structure. 7 players limp ahead of you. should you complete? assuming the bb does not raise, the pot is paying you 17:1 to complete. the only way to know whether this is likely to be worth playing is to know the odds i just mentioned.
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Well, as was mentioned, the odds are so insignificant here for a direct hit on the flop (straight, two pair, or trips) [using the numbers from earlier, the odds of ANY of these are (1 - (1 - .013) * (1 - .0202) * (1 - .0199)) or 5.22%, you're NEVER going to have the direct pot odds to make the call here. I think you're going to lose more on second-best hands than you will make from callers to the river, so that effectively cancels out the implied odds.
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