The Poker Academy Session 2: Introduction To Pot OddsA Session By Session Look At The Poker Academy's No-Limit Hold'em Tournament Course |
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Last time we looked at session 1. Let’s move on through the course.
Session 2 — Introduction To Pot Odds
One of the biggest barriers poker players have to making the jump from casual home game player to serious grinder is that they can’t get a handle on the math behind the game. The truth is that poker math, while daunting, isn’t very difficult once you nail down the basics.
“We’re going to be discussing exactly what pot odds are, what the math is behind them, how you use them in actual play, and we’re also going to give you some shortcuts that you can use at the table to make pot odds a lot easier for you,” says Fuller.
“We’re going to break it down into simple, concise areas that will make it easier for you to think about it and approach it,” says Porter.
The duo then tackles the problem of differentiating pot odds from hand odds, and how that affects your decision making, as well as the effects of bet sizing on pot odds and short cuts for comparing odds, whether or not you want to use percentages or fractions.
After going through some examples to make pot odds easier to understand, the site brings up hand odds and teaches you how to define and calculate your outs and then explains some common drawing hands while illustrating the likelihood of hitting them.
Once you’ve got it in down, it’s time for the first of two question and answer sessions with Dana Workman.
“When we were creating this course, Rep and I talked a lot about how to present the idea of pot odds,” said Fuller. “It’s been done a lot of ways, but we wanted to take a slightly different approach with the teaching of this concept. Pot odds are used to make decisions all the way through a poker hand.”
The course continues with bet sizing instruction, raising and how to evaluate all-in calling situations. Porter and Fuller also emphasize the value of your tournament life in a tournament and how that affects math decisions that would otherwise be cut and dry.
Next time, we’ll take a look at Session 3, How To Think About A Poker Hand.
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