Do you need good maths to be a winning texas holdem poker player?
I love the game, have watched, read and studied poker and have consistently ‘won’ large sums in play money games. But i have no maths ability ( failed every exam at school ) and cannot work out odds on hitting certain cards. Pot odds and implied odds ? Nuclear fusion to me. Could i possibly become a winning online player at low stakes ?
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July 17th, 2010 at 12:33 am
You use math in your poker without knowing this.
Why do you play AA,KK,AK,…? Because math tells you that you have a higher probability to win with these hands.
Why do you call a $10 bet in a $300 pot when you hold JQ and the board is 2 6 9? because is mathematical correct.
Why do you play weaker hands in position when everybody folds to you? Because math tells you that having less opponents you have a higher chance to win.
Why do you fold when you hold 9T and you have to pay $1000 in a $1200 pot(If you don’t you are sooo wrong) and the board is JQ3?
And i can continue with alot of examples…You have math abilities…
You may become a winning online player without very good math abilities but you need to compensate with other abilities.
Believe me…real money is something else…every player plays his money…you can’t afford to gamble how you gamble in play money mode.From 1 to 100 (if 100 is $0.01-002 real money) play money is about 10…
Hope this helps you.
July 17th, 2010 at 12:33 am
yes
July 17th, 2010 at 12:33 am
So if someone bets 100 into a pot of 150, what makes you decide whether or not to call with your flush draw? What if they bet 50 or 500?
That being said, perhaps you could win at low stakes, but if you do win, you won’t be winning as much as you should because knowing odds is part of the game.
(and the play money means nothing)
July 17th, 2010 at 12:33 am
Yes. I would work on learning the math side of poker.
July 17th, 2010 at 12:33 am
You do not need to be a math genius by any means to be a successful poker player. The most important part is being able to put your opponent on a hand. If you are able to grasp the bare fundamentals you will be fine if you are a good poker player. What is the point of knowing the odds of hitting your flush if you are drawing dead because your opponent has a full house? Check out this article on pot odds and counting outs – it is pretty basic and straight forward.
http://www.areyouapokerfish.com/outsodds.html
July 17th, 2010 at 12:33 am
You probably are subconciously good at math.. I’d like to think of poker as calculated gambling, or a business if you will, so you need good math and accounting skills to keep track of everything.. I have made decent winnings, and normal calculate odds and interpret player stats on my games..
July 17th, 2010 at 12:33 am
No… but it gives you an advantage… you would know things that other people wouldn’t