Newbie help - Tracking pot size, odds

[BoxTree]

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I'm not going to fold AK on a flop of T37 for one more small bet when there are seven bets in the pot. I'm getting 7:1 and I have six outs. That's an easy call (and likely a raise to clean up my Aces and Kings).

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Just curious, is this a slip of the tongue or am I misunderstanding? You have AK, how is raising going to clean up your outs? If you hit you'll have top pair top kicker, are you trying to fold out people that have a pair and an ace kicker or something?

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The Armchair already answered this question, but if you'd like more information, please see pp. 158-9 in SSHE.

[WackityWhiz]

what, you guys actually bought into that 'pot odds' crap? what a waste of time and effort.<font color="white"> har har har </font>

[Conspir8or]

One other (possibly obvious) note -- You'll do a lot of preflop folding, so use the time you're not in the hand to practice counting bets. I am a seasoned newbie at 1-2 NL, but this (pot tracking) is one of my study points. I did this over the course of a week while in Las Vegas, and I was better at it at the end of the trip. My 2¢.