Any tips for Poker playing?
June 19, 2009, Posted by poker tips at 6:45 pm
I am kinda of new at Poker. I know what a straight, flush, full house etc but i need some tips as when to raise, what hands to keep, what to fold and how to calculate probabilities.
I saw on the WSOP that players can calculate odds of winning with their hands, how do you do that?
To figure your outs you need to use the rule of 4 and 2. This means that you times your outs by 4 on the flop and 2 on the turn. For example lets say that you flop a flush draw, you have 9 spades for an out for sure, so 9 times 4 is 36, so you are about 36% to hit your flush on the turn. Now if you miss the flush card on the turn, you times it by two, so 9 times 2 is 18. So you are now about 18% to hit your flush on the river. Now you may give yourself an extra out with over cards to the board, but using this way you can give yourself a clue of where you are at. Now there may be only 7 spades in the deck because you don't know how many spades are dealt out, so you may be worse off then you think. As for pre-flop you just learn what the odds are like any over pair like aces vs kings is 80/20, any single ace against a pair is 70/30. The more you play the more you will know the odds.