Do you have a mental formula for calculating your EV in Cash Game?

I'm trying to get into online cash games, but I'm still having a lot of trouble maintaining results. I've had some very good wins at NL5, but overall, I'm still in the red. I'd like to know if you have any tips that you consider essential or any mental formulas that make it easier to calculate EV during hands.

Hi @cassimiro,

I'm not sure why you didn't get any responses to this question (it's a good one). I suggest that you ask again in this thread: Ask Gripsed Anything About Cash Games and you'll probably get some feedback.

I'm no pro in cash games, but I would say that it's important to know how many total hands you have played because an understandable pattern of results takes many hands (there is so much variance in poker). I'm also not totally sure what you mean by EV during hands. Are you talking about calculating pot odds? Or something else.

I used to freeze staring at the pot like “Is this +EV or am I just kidding myself?”

I’m no pro, but I’ve started using this dumb-easy checklist in my head instead of panicking:

1. “If he shoves, how often do I need to be right for this call to at least break even?”
2. “Based on how he’s played so far, what hands could he actually have here?”
3. How likely is it that they will call me with worse

Three quick thoughts, no calculator needed. It’s helped me stop overthinking so much. Give it a try next time you’re sweating you might feel a little less like a total fish. We’re all learning!