Odds Question

QTip · #1 02-09-2005, 05:51 PM

I'm reading in SSHE in the river quiz hands. It's talking about how if you have 7.5 to 1 odds and you're heads up and your opponent bets into you, you only have to win 12% of the time to show a profit.

I'm not getting this at all. Can someone help?

DMBFan23 · #2 02-09-2005, 05:56 PM

so the pot going into the river is 6.5 bets. your opponent bets. that puts 7.5 bets in the pot, and you have to call 1. you are getting 7.5 to 1 pot odds that your hand is good, so if your hand wins 1 out of every 8.5 times, then your river call is breakeven. (think about why that is, I'm sure you already know though).

since 1/8.5 = 11.7%, winning more than that (12% of the time) leads to a profit.

QTip · #3 02-09-2005, 05:59 PM

Very nice...I understand. Thanks dude.