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Message: [QUOTE="zachvac, post: 770558, member: 26306"] 1. Please make titles specific. In this instance mention something about odds. 2. No need for bold. Most of us can see ok and don't need bold to read and answer your question 3. The actual question: I don't know of any one place that lists the odds and such but if you want to know a particular number you can google it such as "odds of hitting straight flush draw on turn or river" and I'm sure it'll give you a good answer. But the best way is this general rule for quick calculations. Find out how many outs you have (cards that will improve your hand, 9 for the flush). If you're going to see one card, multiply it by 2 and add 1. If you're going to see both (you're pushed all-in on the turn or contemplating pushing all-in yourself) cards, multiply by 4 and add 2. These are extremely rough estimates but they're closed. It relies on the fact that you're dividing by 47 or 46 and the number without adding 1 or 2 gives dividing by 50. So let's do an example. How about an open-ended straight draw. You have 4 cards in a row meaning that 8 cards will help you win. Now if it's the turn or flop with money behind, this is about 17% (8*2+1) or a little less than 20% which is 4 to 1. Meaning you need better than 4 to 1, probably something like 4.5 to 1 odds to call. Alternatively if you want to know and it's after the fact (ie there's no timer) you can figure it out using math. On the flop there are 47 cards you haven't seen and on the turn there are 46. Let's use that example again. You have an OESD, 8 outs. There are 47 cards left in the deck and 8 help you. 8/47 = 0.17021 = 17.021%. Pretty damn close considering the first one was just an shortcut trick. Now figuring out the odds of for example hitting certain hands with certain hole cards is a lot tougher, but as mentioned the google approach works for that and they are possible to figure out using statistics. [/QUOTE]

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