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  • Ok this is way off. If you have 6(remember the burn card) cards out of the deck that means there is 46 left in there. Only 12 of those will help you and 34 wont. So 12 goes into 34 almost 3 times,so we will round up and say you have 3:1 odds to make your hand,thats about 33.3% not 48%.

  • @PBRMafia you don't subtract a burn card when applying odds with cards left in the deck. Even though physically that card is burned, you can't account for it without knowing what it is. For instance, if it is one of your outs, then it messes up your odds. Thats why you never add burned cards or other players hole cards.

  • @magikman38 That doesnt change anything,it is still about 33 percent,not 48.

  • @magikman38 you don't consider burnt cards as you can't predict what cards are being burnt ...same is that you can't predict what will happen...odds and outs are only used to calculate if you should call or not depending on the pot and bet of your opponents to know the proabability of winning a hand..still poker players still use intuition and also consider other things ..for example, a bluff, someone else having the same higher card..

  • @medspit You do consider them because you can't count them out without knowing what they are. You can't subtract those out of the possiblities.

  • @medspit You do consider them because you can't count them out without knowing what they are. You can't subtract those out of the possibilities.

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  • just using an extreme example, but what if you had 25 outs after the flop... using the rule of 4, hitting your card is 100% likely, how accurate is this general rule?

  • @MarktheSharkSheehan you cant have 25 outs... max number of outs is 15 when you have flush draw AND open end straight draw

  • @kondr7 that depends on what you put your opponent on right?

    Let's say that I have KQ of spades, on the flop comes 10 of spades, J of spades and K of hearts. I would probably win this hand if I either hit a straight, a flush, or trips. That would give me 9 outs on the flush, 6 outs on the straight and 2 outs to hit trips, which ads up to a total of 17 outs. Which is more than 15, right?

  • @EtarN Right, but you re likely to win this hand without hitting anything..

  • @EtarN u actually have 20 outs for a made hand since u have 3 more outs to make 2 pairs but yes its more than 15 and depends on the strenght of ur opponents hand

  • I noticed the video doesn't consider a pair of 5s or 6s an out. Good call.

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  • Phil Gordon sucks

  • This is great!!!! Thank you so much for this, I watched 500 videos and non is as clear!!!

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  • very good explanation of how to work out odds. never quite understood the rule of 4 and 2 until this, very simple but helpful explanation.

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  • agreeing totally with molimhvalaizvoli.

    simple and fast explanation.even a 12 year old can understand this

  • real real good

  • is that kinda like counting cards?

  • @Perceus995

    No

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  • Very easy to understand, great video.

  • good explination but your still a crook :D

  • excellent info

  • phil gordon is a donkey

  • he's  forgetting the whole point of bluffing, too much numbers too little poker, no wonder I haven't heard of him before j/k

  • never heard of phil gordon? way to show how much of a noob you are.

  • i guess you just don't understand what j/k means, you must be just blind and had your mom read it for you and she forgot to add that part, which make you a douche blind person, and I never have met one before, so congrats

  • ok on the calculating pot odds portion...he says that the 100 chip will represent 1/5 or 20% of the pot....but the pot is 400 and your chip is 100...so how is that 1/5 or 20%...wouldn't it represent 1/4 or 25% of the pot?

  • if you call the pot will be 500 (400+100)

  • maybe because when he calls it will add to 500 and scince he called 100 its 1/5

  • @linkedup8484 pot is 300, opponent bets 100 (pot is now 400), if you call 100 (pot becomes 500), your 100 represent 100/500 of the pot. hence 20%.

  • @linkedup8484, the odds represent the quantity of times you lose in comparison to the times you win so, if we think about some odds of 4 to 1, this is, you win 1 time, each 5 times you face this situation, or with other words, you win 1 time, for other 4 times you will lose. In the same way, if we talk about pot odds, 100 is a 25% of the total, thats true, but in order to compare with the odds, you have to notice that 100 is a fifth part of the 400 plus your 100, the total amount you could win.

  • @linkedup8484

    ... the pot is 500 if he makes the call...

  • Take this scenario: i hold suited hole cards, the pot is 100 on the flop and i have a flush draw. My opponent bets 100 making the pot a total of 200. Using the calculations of this video I should call. 9 outs x 4 = 36% chance to win, pot odds 1/3 = 33%. This is a VERY wrong call in my oppinion. I have about 20% chance of making my flush on the turn. If I dont hit it my opponent will likely bet between half the pot and the whole pot (150-300). Again making it way to expensive to call the bet.

  • You are forgetting the Implied odds. If you do hit the Flush you will bust him for his entire stack, which increases the odds and profit to make the call.

  • @aboggild You are correct. Since the Rule of 4 gives you your chance of making your hand by the river, You should only use the Rule of 4 on the flop if you or your opponent are all-in and you will not have to commit any more chips to the pot to see the turn & river cards. If you both have chips to bet with after the turn card, then you should use the Rule of 2 to determine if you are getting the right price to see the turn card and chase your draw.

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  • Is this way of calculating odds/outs only for tourney play, or can it be applied to cash games as well?? I'm new to poker so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

  • Its the same calculations. The only thing is you sometimes cant risk too much in a tournament on a draw where you are only 30% to win just because of the reason that once you lose your chips you are out, even if the pot odds are telling you to call. In cash games, if you make the right calls like this all the time (key words, every time) then you will come out a winner in the long run.

  • If the odds you get paid with are better than the odds of you catching your cards than its the right call

    Its like betting $5 on a coinflip, but if you win you get $6. Just keep making the bets with the payouts in your favor and you will be a winner.

  • wow thats genius

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  • which of this is the better holding cards?

    J 10 suited or A 2 suited

  • you cant really say coz it depends on the situation: how many are playing, the size of your stack, how aggressive/passive the other players are etc. but because of the high card it would probably be the A2 suited

  • depends your position at the table

  • Think of it this way:

    If you have an A 2 then all you really want is another A so you can pair.

    If you got a 10 J then any 10 OR J would look alright

    A 10 J is probably the better choice for a cash game just to see the flops, but if the 2 hands went all in preflop (as in tournaments when the blinds get very high) , then the A 2 would win about 60% of the time.

    Btw, if you got an A at a full table, theres about a 70% chance you are the only one who has one.

  • Pretty bad info in my opinion. You're telling people that A-2 is a good hand. It's one of the worst played hands. Yeah if you pair the ace you have top pair, but the worst kicker. So if somebody does manage to have a higher kicker you may lose a hell of a lot. Also 10 J isn't a very good hand either. You have to take account of positioning. If i'm first to act with J-10 offsuit I would fold them however if i'm last and only everybody but two have folded (the other two limp in) I would limp in.

  • Well somebody asked what hand was better. I am trying to tell them which is better in what situation. Not saying that either one is good in particular, just comparing.

  • It would depend in my opinion, who you are against and what comes out on the flop, then how you play it. It doesn't take a pro to realise Aces are ahead of Jacks pre-flop. Still I would rather have J-10 suited than A-2 off.

  • Playing crap aces like Ace 2 in a full table is a recipe to go broke. Only donkeys do that. Do not play anything less then ace 10 in a full table unless you are in late position and noone has raised.

  • again, i am only comparing 2 hands, not saying witch one is good

  • Thanks, that was a very good explanation :-)

  • what's the percentage of getting a full house by the river after flopping trips?

  • 0.0005%

  • when calculating pot odds what about the cards other players have in their hands already? i mean thats 16/18 cards and we can´t possibly know what r they.

  • Indeed, we don't know. And as for we don't know, they might as well still be in the deck. It's always a gamble, but hey, that's poker mate...

  • that doesn't matter. it is already in the calculation.

    the other players can have most of your outs in their hands, but they can also have almost none of your outs in their hands (and that would increase the chance you hit your straight/flush)

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  • thats strange...

    in the first example my call is included in the pot to make the pot 500, and in the 2nd example its not included so the pot is 300, with my call icluded it would be 400.

  • to calculate pot odds you do NOT include your 100 to call, therefore there are 400 and your pot odds are 4 - 1

    to calculate your winning percentage you include your 100 making the pot 500 total requiring a winning percentage of 1/5 = 20%

    (you could eliminate the first step because eventually you are only comparing the winning percentages)

  • to klaklaklak :

    the number of players is irrevelant when you count your outs.

    it is true that some players might hold some of your outs but it is also possible that they don't, in wich case your outs are stronger because there are less cards left in the deck. The two situations counter balance each other.

  • Please say EVERYONE KNOWS THIS... Definetley basic/beginner knowledge.

    Very helpful though.

  • Sorry ... not everyone is a poker pro ... hopefully well get to your level and actually stop searching youtube for poker tips

  • This is helping me a lot

  • But imagine sitting on a full 10 max table and having a flushdraw on the flop. In this case you have 9 nominal outs but just 6 real outs because 40% of the deck is being dealt to the players and therefore cant be turned or rivered. So I calculate with only 60% of my 9 outs which is 5 - 6 outs. On a fully seated 6 max table it would be 77% real outs out of 100% nominal outs. Im pretty sure that this is correct but correct me if Im wrong pls.

  • phil gordons a cunt

  • ha ha ha ha ha ha

  • dam straight

  • One has to be careful calculating odds like this cause u never know wether some opponents already have some of your outs.

    So when Im on a flushdraw and have 9 outs to hit my flush I calculate with 6-7 real outs because calculating with 9 outs would be wrong I think.

  • Actually, assuming that a few outs were in the hands of other players isn't a good idea, becuase the rule of 4 and 2 already is based on all cards out.

    The more important consideration and the scenario you are probably wanting to avoid is will anybody make the nut hand. If you have a flush draw, anyone holding the Ace-high flush draw means you are drawing dead. If you have 45 and the flop is 789, a 6 gives you your straight but any ten crushes you.

  • i lost 15 dollars in one hand the other night when i went all-in with the idiot end of the straight. had 6 7 flop was 8 9 10, other guy turned over jack queen.

    never play the idiot end.

  • The outs are calculated with all of the cards that you can't see...and then working out the chance of an odd falling. It is irrespective of what your opponents hold when working out outs. ALL of the out cards have a chance of turning. By reducing the outs based on what you think others have is only reducing your chances of making good calls.

  • best explanation of odds and outs i've ever saw

  • on the end part shouldn't the pot odds be 25% since he commited 100 to a 300 pot which totals 400 chips??that's how he did it on the first one

  • Nope, he didnt commit 100 to a 300 pot.

    His OPPONENT did.

    so 300+100 = 400

    400 + 100 (his own commitment) = 500 chips in the pot

    THEN

    100/500 = 0.2, therefore 20%

  • he had to commit 100 to a 200 pot thus making it 300 where he paid 100 so 1/3 = 33% forget what nforce2 said idk what he was talking about. he's obviously way out.

  • For online poker this video is useless, first most of the online poker sites are rigged and second poker online is full of noobs players that will call anything and at the end u will end up loosing

  • if ur not an idiot u will make money at the "noob players" that will call with anything..

  • most players call no matter what the pot odds are.

  • but do those players get a bracelet at WSOP, then go on to run a profitable business in poker media?

  • These players are the ones that make poker profitable

  • Many do. But that just means that their calls aren't worth the money in the long run.

    For example: A 10% chance to win with a 4:1 call might be a "good decision" 10% of the time, but in the long run you're going to lose 9 times the call amount for that one win of 4 times.

    Donks only remember when their terrible calls work out and just call their bad calls "bad luck" and continue playing this way. Play smart and in the long run you'll take in much more money than you lose.

  • Well one has to consider the implied outs too.

  • WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DUDE? stop confusing people ok? If you listen to the video correctly you will hear that phil says "by the river" when he explains multiplying by 4. That is when you will go till the river. 2nd of all what FREEROLL situation are you talking about? it has nothing to do with freerolls... money game or tournaments or freerolls whatever it is 2&4 rule works everywhere as long as its texal hold'em. There are also implied odds but thats more complicated..

  • nice video!

  • But why do you need a 33% odds on that. I'm slightly confused here.

  • because u r investing 33% of the total pot, so therefor u should only invest in accordance to ur chances of winning... (i think... hehe) in other words if u hav a 33% chance of winning u should only call upto 33% of the total pot being bet... i think i fuck it, hehe but hey i tried for u .... gl with ur game

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  • errrrr, keep in mind if ure playing on a table with 6 or even 9 or 10 people these can have 1 of those outs he is calculating .... which makes the chance of getting that out smaller ...

  • that has apsolutley no relevance unless u know they are playing tight aggresive so they will be holding jj, qq, kk aa, ak, and even this range is far too broad to make it relevent to decision making

  • u can't calculate that into counting outs. There is just as good a chance that the winning card is in the deck than there is that somebody is holding it. You just have to think of the next card as a random card.

  • pot odds like this are used every hand, but they matter a lot more in close decisions

  • IMPORTANT: Does this system work ONLY when you need ONLY 1 card to your winning hand?

  • Yeah i think so i dunno any way to calculate running odds

  • getting running cards are usually about 2% to win

  • Grande Palomba! Ahah! Ma certo che si vede il tuo math studies.. è più complicato e si fa con un metodo diverso, ma la probabilità si può sempre calcolare!! :D Cmnqe tieni sempre presente che un running running non viene quasi mai. Mitico.. Prima o poi ci incontreremo e ti sfidero a Texas Hold'em quindi? :))

  • can u comment in english please?

    dont understand italian. ;)

  • You are right, I'm sorry. It was just that I met an Italian friend on here just by accident and I was having fun of one of his comments ;)

  • how does he get 15 outs when the 8c appears on the turn. I dont see why 3 more was added to 12 outs.

  • at that point his gut shot draw of 3-5-6-7 turned into an open ended draw of 5-6-7-8 leaving him w/ any spade (9 outs), any 4 (3 outs, excluding the spade), or any 9 (3 more) totaling 15 outs.

  • Oh ok that helped out alot thank you so much.

  • i think what a lot of you are missing here is the fact that most people who are going to buy this dvd are not as intelligent as most of you. what phil is trying to do here is give the "average joe" a little taste of poker theory. im sure he understands that these odds arent entirely accurate, and that playing at an actual table with experienced players is much more difficult than using the "rule of 4 and 2." phil gordon made a poker dvd to make a little extra cash. its all about marketing folks.

  • thx this video has been a lot of help

  • Good advise Phil, I read it in your book, but I needed this video to really help it sink in

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  • lmfao lmao lol thas sum funny shit i laff'd til i cudnt laff no mo hahahaha

  • I don't get the 1/3 33% chance to win to call.....HELP PLEASE!!!!

  • If you mean that calculation by jagriffith1, don't bother. It goes wrong on more than one occasion and he seems to be too full of himself to go trough it again with thought.

  • for fedormnagod: if you are talking about phils "making winnig decisions" he was saying that the pot was 100, someone before him bet another 100 (size of the pot) making it 200, so a call from him of a 100 would make it 300, so 100 for 300 is 1/3 or 33%. i hope that helps some.

  • also i might add that the 33% is greater than his 20% to win so thats why he says to fold

  • I have heard that phil gordon is a very good in matematic.

  • He used to own is own business I think it was to do with computers and yeah thats where he gets all his maths from.

  • Yeah Phil Gordon is the best.

  • Nice to know. I always thought these were more complicated.

  • It is more complicated. These odds are wrong!

    If you have "12 outs" and six people are playing, assuming none of the cards count as outs were dealt to other players, the odds are 33.33 percent, not 48 percent.

    Figure it out.

    Six players with two hole cards - 12 cards gone. Three dealt on the flop, one burned before flop - 4 cards gone.

    Now with 16 cards gone from a deck of 52 leaving 36 and you need any one of 12 of them, what are the odds?

    12 in 36 or 33.33% obviously.

  • the other players cards are irrelevant.

    Because their cards could just as easily include your outs as they could other cards.

    You are wrong, not him.

  • Right. It is probable that you have never taken a course in applied probability and stochastic processes.

    The other player's cards are irrelevant. What!!!

  • Heh, and what did you get on those courses? An F?

    The odds that those 16 cards of your opponents include/don't include your outs are the same as on any random 16 cards left in the deck. Making them irrelevant in this calculation.

    Also, you calculated odds for 1 card to hit your outs. In poker, there are 2 cards left to be dealt after the flop, so your odds are of course higher.

  • I love reading responses from goofs like you.

    (Google Taylor Series - have someone explain it to you slowly and repeatedly)

    Each turn of the cards is one card and hence one outcome. The odds for each card can be calculated separately and summed to produce the same overall answer - that is, if you can calculate the sum correctly.

    Even mindless blabbering automatons should one-day realize that a rule of 4 or rule of 2 is, at best, only an approximation.

    Keep yapping!

  • Exactly... I cant even believe that jagriffith guy is so dumb! He might be joking around, but if not I feel bad for him being so stupid.

    I mean its like saying you're more likely to get AA heads up because with more player they might have the other aces

  • you're probably right jagriffith while the acclaimed proffessional poker player, writer of several well received books on poker theory is probably wrong ... count those odds why don't you

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  • Unless all these people who have won millions playing poker, and who write all these poker books are wrong, it works like this: The other players cards are irrelevant(unless you have seen them.) After the flop there are 5 known cards.This leaves the possibility of any of 47 different unseen cards that could come on the turn. No one card more or less likely than then next. (Unless it's the card you need, then you have zero chance.)

  • tnx braincrafter, but i knew. normally i'm not apt to educating the fish ... but i couldn't resist some mild sarcasm for this jagriffith or what's his name. and remember: don't be to pissed when the blind squirrel finds the occasional nutt!