DIPO

[Hellmouth]

I know there has been some discussion about King Yao's DIPO system for analyzing pot odds. I think that the general consensus was that it was either too hard or unnecessary.

I have just read the section that describes DIPO and I like it a whole lot more than just counting your outs and comparing it to the pot odds. The reason is that DIPO naturally takes into account the implied odds by assessing the expected pot size. I think that this makes it more accurate for the turn than using the outs vs pot odds method.

I think that this method is more straight forward for someone who has not memorized the relationship of # outs to pot odds. However I can see how many who already use pot odds would feel that DIPO is more complicated since they are used to the former.

Congrats on a great book Yao.
Greg