Want to take your poker math knowledge even further? Enroll in my *Free Poker Math Course* today: www.splitsuit.com/the-poker-math-course

This video was incredibly helpful. I’m not great with math and have watched many videos on pot odds but still didn’t quite understand it well enough to implement in live poker. For some reason with this video it just clicked finally. Thanks for the great content!

You’re a great teacher man I’ve been trying to get this down easily and you made it so simple to understand fully and how to do the match quick and shit

Very helpful. Perhaps the simplest of explanations that I have seen. Thank you so much. I could instantly see the change in my gameplay. It has become far more solid.

Ur channel is a gem! Personally I use the formula 100/Reward+Risk to calculate the equity needed.

your percentages in column 1 are off. 60 k + 54k is 114k 60/114 is 53% 80k +54k= 134 k 80/134 = 60%

I feel fundamentals and poker math are hand in hand, you can’t have one without the other. I love poker always looking to learn more about the game

Great work!

Around 11:20, I don't understand why he calculated % of the pot using the 94 (pot sized raise). The pot is 54k.

Amazing content as usual

i realy love your lessons. they are priceless. Although i have a serious question on calculating the odds. Where to calculate them??? Lets say i have a good hand...and when opponent bets i can see i have more hands in his range of hands he plays,where i win. Lets say 60% of the hands he could play,i wins vs 40% where i lose. should i apply odds with this information??? Or If we assume he has a better hand i can calculate the propabillities for me in order i have the better hand the next round (turn or river) and lets say my hand get better with 20% propabillity. I cant understand where should i pay attention in order to have +EV on my bet. In the hand i have now or in the hand i will have on turn or river?

Great video. Do you have one of figuring out hand equity?

hope there will e a video for math about calling with equity and when we are the aggressor, especially value betting and protective bets, sometimes i find it hard to weigh which one is better option. I know that if equity r close and the pot is big when u against someone who has a edge on u, it might be a good time to shut down the hand right there. But like for how much?

ooommmgggg!!!! The bearded man put out another video yesssss!!!

at around 11 min, i understand the first raise of 40k. it's 40 + 20 + 34, so 94k. but for the next two examples shouldn't it be 60 +20 + 34 = 114, so 60/114 gives 53% of pot. and the last one 80/134 = 60% pot?. btw thanks for your content James, love it. imo top youtube poker contributer

maths in general is like mandarin to me. its the one element i am missing from my game, the work book is just what i need to thanks for putting this out there.

I've always been confused by how odds relate to bluffing. If we have the odds and equity to continue then we are doing so for value, and if we don't have the equity/odds are we bluffing? Or is this an overly simply way of relating odds/equity to bluffing as a concept, and all that actually matters is why we 'think' we are betting? Obviously not all bluffs are created equal, but I feel like linking my bluffs to equity/odds and combo's is a way I could improve the quality of my bluffs. Anything you put out on that would be awesome! Thanks again :)

How do you calculate your equity on the fly in a scenario where you’re trying to decide whether or not to call?

Hi, I'm historically bad at maths in general. would I be correct in thinking the best things to learn in terms of fundamentals would be ratios, probability and percentages? Thanks

Splitsuit: To try to simplify things in my head, would it be right to think that my poker career is really just one, never-ending, mathmateic equation? You really can strip almost everything away down to numbers huh? lucky it was always my worse subject.... lmao. im sure im not alone tho, I appreciate the vids. I find it helpful to me to write down common odds and equity and hang it up by my work space. Im going to have to look into your workbook and the core class. You break things down very clearly to me, I really need to do something to advance from where im at now... Awesome vid man 👍

Wait did you update the title and thumbnail to make it 2021 not 2020?

In your first example 1500/900 =1.66 not 1.71 but your calculator shows otherwise is there any adjustment we have to make ,the equity in the end only varies by .5% , but what about higher numbers will the change be more?

Hello. I have a question: if i have to make a decision on the flop to call or not, do i have to calculate my equity just for the turn? I mean if i have 8 outs do i have to calculate just 8*2 or 8*2*2(the posibility of a check check on the turn)? I hope i got understood and if not please tell me to remake my question because my english is not very good. Thank u!

Hi great video! It is not clear to me how you handle the 34k example where you explain pot size raise. On 34k pot, I bet 20k (54k pot now). They raise 40k so in order to count the pot size of their raise wouldn't the calculation be 40:54 = 74% of the pot. Next is 60k, wouldn't it be 60:54 = 111% of pot size? Thanks for clarifying!

What do I do with the equity requirement?

any tricks to do the math fast at the table? or just practice? my brain hurts trying lol

great video; better beard

Can anyone help me on this one?: Blinds 75/150 (225 pot) - Hero open raises to 525 - so (525*3=1575 + 225=1800) meaning that a 3bet for pot size would be 1800 right? Then Villain 3bets to 925 - so then (925/1800=0.51%) - so I should be getting 25% equity right? Yet when I put it in the pot odds equity calculator (Pot size after they bet & amount to call) (1650 after they bet & 400 to call) it says equity is 20%. What am I doing wrong?

River. Vill bets half pot, that should be 25% eq to call for hero. Am I wrong?

Do you guys ever do 1 on 1s? trying to learn and be able to ask questions while doing so.

I'm still confused, i get it for the pot raise but less than pot no. Let's say pot is 100, i bet 20, villan raise 80 (should be half pot right? 20x3+100 = 160 so 3:1), i've got to call 60 in 200, and it's more than 3:1. Help understand please, my head is exploding on this.

I have an interesting question but would like to preface it with stating that I play a very math heavy game and try to play as closely to a GTO strategy as possible, play mostly tournaments, and factor in ICM when applicable. I try and look at the big picture of tournaments and always keep in mind that it is last man standing so i don't get caught up in certain situations. With that being said I often find myself in pre-flop situations facing a call that I predict will be statistically favorable and I will call. There is no question that it is the right decision in a cash game, but is it in a tournament setting? As this is a hypothetical question I will provide a situation but will leave the stage of the tournament a blank because I'd like it if you could address how the decision may change throughout the tournament. Let's say you have JcJs and somehow know that you have 60% equity against your opponent's range. You are in the BB and it folds to Villain who shoves from the HJ, it folds around to you for 20 BB is the effective stack and you have 40 BBs. Let's say ICM is not a pressing factor. GTO would of course tell you that it is a call. In that exact situation or for your entire career it is easy to say yes you should call but every play you make in a tournament has an affect on every hand after that. Is there any merit to adjusting your GTO time parameters to the period of that tournament? Even with this large statistical edge you could only theoretically make this call 2/5 times without losing a large portion of your stack. I understand that you cannot avoid these situations without having a huge leak in your game and missing out on a huge sum of money. With this in mind is there any version of a sound tournament strategy where you could say this is too great of a risk? Post-flop can give a better statistical edge and playing small ball and bluffing could balance your range out. The specific question I would like to ask is can avoiding all-in pre-flop situations or only going all-in/calling all-in with premium hands be something that could be a favorable strategy in tournament play?

Is your workbook on the pro membership?

I need help understanding how all these numbers matter? I thought it was as simple as If you think your hand will win you stay in. If not then fold. I dont get what the benifit of knowing pot odds is .

I'll post my try for the example above the 34K: 1. Their raise 750. // %ofPot= 750/ (3*225 + 400) = 70% // Pot odds ratio: 1375 (400+225+750):525 (750-225 we bet) -> so it would be around 2.6:1 // Equity req 28% ?? 2. Their raise 900. // %ofPot = 900/1075 = 84% // Pot odds ratio: 1525:675 -> 2.3:1 // Equity req: 30% 3. Their raise 1200. // %ofPot = 1200/1075 = 112% // Pot odds ratio: 1825:975 -> 1.9:1 // Equity req: 35% Can someone check me?

.I was tought to do this at 5.0 your saposed to go 300/(600+300+300.Wich is 4:1.This is whuts confuesing me and so many others.A verry popular teacher and player says his way is correct.Do you no of this methode?.

Where can I get this work book he talks about?

I'm confused about the percentage of pot on the raise. What does it tell us? Why do we include the amount they needed to call? If they called rather than raised, that's like raising by zero. In the example given, that would be a 20K raise size which is 21% of the pot. How can calling be seen as raising by 21% of the pot?

2:40 What does equity req means? is it the equity of ur hands? for example KK will have high equity? but how will you know the exact equity % ?

Good day to you. Why dıd you not count the money you bet ınto the pot?

I need to know pot odds when I face re-raise. please discuss that. I am a beginner.

Am I confused or are the last 2 examples wrong when calculating pot odds on a raise @ 11:19? Original pot is 54k. First example is villain raises 40k for a pot of 94k. So 40 / 94 = .425 = 43%. But the next 2 examples villain raises for higher amounts of 60k/80k but the math is still done with the same 94k total pot size. Shouldn't the math be done with total pot sizes of 114/134?

So in 2020 pot ods are the same as in 1970 )

Now that I understand Pot Odds, I would be more inclined to call as compared to before on scrappy hands ;-)..never should have gotten into this :P

really confused. If my odds are 3/1, then how is the equity I require not 33%+? With 25% equity wouldn't I need odds greater than 4:1 to make it a profitable call?

I didn't understand why knowing the "% of pot" on the reraise case scenario is useful. Only to know that when you aproach 100% it means the pot odds are also aproaching 2:1? Because its not like its symetrical/proportional. Like 50% of the reraise pot size (BET*3 + POT) does not correspond to: 1. 3:1 pot odds (half pot) nor to 2. 50% of the 2:1 pot-odds required equity (33%/2 = 16.6%) So why is it useful to calculate (BETx3 + POT)?

I play 888 where odds don’t matter I lose hands where pre flop I’m 95% chance to win all the time when technically I should win on average

how can you find out the pot odds ratio?

Wish you would've said what equity requirement meant

I think the workbook is slightly wrong. On section 3 of this vid, it asks for % of the pot, and what you're inputting is % of the pot sized raise. E.g: If you bet 80k into a pot of 54K, like you do in the last one.. you are clearly betting over 100% of the pot, yet the answer put in the workbook says 85%. 80K is 85% of 94K, which is the pot sized raise NOT the size of the pot.

at 13:00 i dont understand any of the calculations.for example when their raise size is 80, you must call 60. the pot is now 34k plus your earlier bet of 20k plus their bet of 80k plus your calling amount of 60k = 194k. so 60/194 =30?

10:00 Why is a pot-sized raise 3x raise + original pot and not 2x (ie: 20K + 20K + 34K pot)?

Ok question. At about 10 min in, a pot sized raise is 94k? How? When you raise to 20k, the pot is 54k. Even if villain matches 20k, then raises, thats still 74k? Or is it because if you call 94k it gives you 2:1/33%, but that doesnt seem to add up since 94k into 54k is 148....wait nvm got it. Youre putting in 74k more to win 148k, or 2:1, okay. I got it as i was writing it, but im sure more people will be confused by it, so im posting it.

Paradigm shift/Eye brow moment just happened!!!!

broooo, your beard is epic but you gotta tame that beast! It's too wild! Beard oil/beard wax with a comb n shit. love you bud

"In 2024" I'm sure it's linear.

how is this a 2024 vid when its posted 4 years ago

diats and life style poker. Thats a joke. This is the game of math, folks. The question is when and how to deviate from GTO....

Poker jihadi:)