[Sean Fraley]

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2) Calculate your pot odds. example cont.: The pot at the start of the turn is $8 and villain makes a 1/2 pot size bet of $4 giving you 3:1 pot odds ($4 to win $12).

3) Calculate the difference between what the pot is and what it would need to be to call profitably based on pure pot odds alone. example cont.: You need to win another $4 from villain to call profitably which means that villain would have to either make or call a bet of $4 on the river if the flush comes in.


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Can you please explain how to figure out how much you will need to call or bet after calling with implied odds? I think it should be simple math but I am having trouble.

thanks!

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You have to win an amount from your opponent(s) at least equal to the difference between the amount the pot needed to be to call profitably with your draw minus what the actual amount of the pot was. For example, if you are drawing to the best hand with 4:1 odds of hitting your draw and have to call $4 to win $12, you are $4 short of what you need to call profitably. In this case you would have to make $4 by showdown to make the call profitable.