POT ODDS & EQUITY In POKER [5 TIPS To Use Them At The Table]

[@PokerCoaching]

What other topics would you like to learn more about in these strategy videos?

[@littleinkling4604]

Implied odds. How to bet size correctly given perceived draws of your opponent (to bring them along or to fold them out) and also as the player facing those bet sizes.

[@Lyqu1d]

A concise video on the basics of range construction would be cool. E.G. frequency of bluffs to value hands on each street, tips for certain hand types, etc. Not sure if you have something like this already or not.

[@ChiariLife420]

How about doing this on the fly. Not many of us carry around a poker calculator to live games.

[@sQuaTsiFieD]

hey bud, you need to increase your sound or just vocals. Can barely hear you on certain devices.

[@shaneseiber7893]

@@sQuaTsiFieD I can hear him just fine

[@bed2149]

I've been studying poker for 10 days after I got smoked in a friendly game and you have singlehandedly made me go from knowing vaguely what hand strengths were to playing at a much higher level and hopefully playing for money once I get another 100 hours of study in

[@GameOfLife55]

could you share how you are exactly studying this ? Mostly youtube videos or books ?

[@PokerCoaching]

Awesome, I'm happy to hear that! Good luck in your games!

[@bed2149]

@@hotrodsather i would need money for that, currently tho he opened up the cash game masterclass for 3 days so ill just do that for now

[@LordBattleSmurf]

@@bed2149 Check out Scrimitzu poker coaching playlist on KZbin

[@shroey20]

You don't need 100 hours of study to start playing at the lowest level.

[@joshuamills765]

I've got 5x better in the last year watching your videos and using your website. I'm almost ready to go back to my local poker room and play 1 , 2 NLH. I cant believe i used to go up there and play thinking i knew what i was doing

[@PokerCoaching]

I'm very happy to hear that :) Good luck in your games!

[@conorm2524]

How did it go when you went back?

[@pierrebakshi189]

Hey so I’ve grasped the concept of this video, and I’m not lazy so I will regardless be playing around with equilab, but it’s obviously impractical to have a solver mid game. So is there any means that you know of and or use that can estimate ur equity mentally/efficiently? Or is it something that you’ve just developed from studying so much. Thanks!

[@codegeass7162]

I'm impressed how well you can call the equity. To start learning the equities, you recommend just playing with the calculator?

[@aaronkindoll8242]

Johnathan, You are a very selfless person, a respectable person and I enjoy your content.

[@TomorrowsFreedom]

Just wanted to stop by and say how impressed I am with the value of this channel. Just starting up playing poker and have been watching a few other youtubers in this space but your videos are a head and shoulders above your competition with the value you provide and the ease of understanding for beginners. Thank you and I can't wait to get into your masterclass once I'm fully up and running and ready to invest some money into my poker education.

[@PokerCoaching]

That's very kind of you to say, I'm so glad you're finding value in the channel! 👊

[@joshhead9368]

Hey Johnathan just want to say thanks. My poker game is getting better every time I play. I'm new to the game and honestly spend more time studying the game than I do playing it but it's helping tons. Cheers from Alberta Canada.

[@PokerCoaching]

Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you're enjoying it, good luck in your games!

[@davidringler4700]

I’d love to see this exact video, but for post flop, calling or raising bets with a flush or straight draw. Or having 2 pair on a 3 or 4 flush board with one card to come.

[@holdenputman2240]

Makes 2 of us

[@vettenam100]

I’m a member of your site. I’m starting to win at my local card room....after studying your quizzes and watching the training video. Thx so much JL!!

[@sUmBOWLEY]

Much appreciate you computer not working Johnathan so that you were able to show me the function of Hand Range Calculator > minimum equity! I appreciate all of your content but this will help my future study for off table equity setups

[@jaybingham3711]

Fine basic primer. Maybe consider a follow up video explaining nuances and misapplications as well as outcome excursions away from expectations and how long the "long run" is to see a "balancing out" of such excursionary outcomes.

[@chanoone7812]

Congratulations on 100k best poker content on KZbin 💯👏👏👏👌🎉

[@PokerCoaching]

Thank you so much 😀

[@HookedOnSonics518]

Started watching your videos over a month ago and my game has definitely improved. I just placed 6th in an NLH tournament a few days ago. Thanks for the education!

[@CardsChat]

It's great to keep reinforcing this for players, new and old!

[@PeterParker-kr6yr]

I did not enjoy this tutorial but appreciate the effort you put in

[@cuth4king]

Thanks for the video. Remember, do not use equilab while running online poker software or you may get banned.

[@mtggate9548]

Would love to see a video about icm implications!

[@idonthaveaname42]

I would legitimately watch a full video of flash cards just helping me memorize equity in different situations.

[@PokerCoaching]

I am not a virologist, so I don't know.

[@henriksenlaw]

Those calculations are all great-assuming you can estimate your opponent’s range with that kind of accuracy-but how are you doing this in the middle of a hand in a cash game or tourney.

[@PokerCoaching]

Practice away from the table and experience.

[@ukaszkisicki7862]

I'd like to know how to figure out this numbers at the table and not through some kind of online calculator. This would be so much more valuable. Show me the technics pro players use at the table to figure that out

[@TheTreeWhisperer16]

At 6.55. when you whip out the calculator. You say we have call 27.8 to win 'our 30, their 30 and the blinds and antes'. The 'our 30' part is what we're about to put in the pot? It wouldn't be we have to call 27.8 to win just 'their 30 and the blinds and antes'? Which would drastically change the odds? Sorry if I've missed something, still learning and this part confused me 🙂

[@basdewin3746]

Hi Jonathan! Nice video! I would like to learn more about pot odds/equity on the flop. If ur opponent bets lets say 25% of the pot, u supposed to call more of your range then when he bets 50%. How do u make this calculation? I find that I fold to much with K high for example, while its actually too high in my range to fold the hand. When u are OOP I find it even harder of course…

[@radosawrusiniak2709]

Search "minimum defense frequency". Good starting point.

[@PokerCoaching]

This is called minimum defense frequency. If you check out pokercoaching.com/free and go through the free Mastering the Fundamentals course, I cover the subject there :)

[@gavinbrinck]

how is equity calculated ? thanks for the video !

[@bullyboy131]

Good stuff! Be safe on your travels.

[@PokerCoaching]

Thanks!

[@henrysavage2256]

Please make a video about ICM and payout implications!!! these videos are very helpful and I love hearing what you have to say!

[@PokerCoaching]

I've done a couple of live webinars on this! Check out "Tournament Poker Strategy: Final Table & ICM" on KZbin for one of them :)

[@nickbnash]

This video was tremendously helpful. Thank you!

[@sjl-s7q]

Curious to know how this analysis would apply to an opponent who will sometimes shove with junk to steal the blinds (a polarized range?)-would you just add the supposed junk range in the calculator?

[@ChiariLife420]

Where do you put your calculator while your playing live? Knowing a formula for calculating specific pot odds per hand that you hold is a better lesson in my opinion.

[@blazeron12]

@@ChiariLife420 preflop shoving is something you would typically memorize based on the range of the opponent.

[@PokerCoaching]

Yes, exactly! Just enter the perceived range your opponent will have and it will change the amount of equity you have.

[@christopherwest3878]

Thank you so much for this video !!! 🙏🏻

[@PokerCoaching]

You're so welcome, Christopher!

[@Wombat86dkdk]

Is running an ICM/Equity calc not against some sites? (Running it while you play)

[@PokerCoaching]

Yes.

[@jamescjhealy]

I know this is an older video but.....in a cash game how much wider or barrower should you be deep stacked?

[@Scb-ef6ih]

ICM - yes please

[@michaelchin8934]

Hey Jon, how does one become a big baller shot caller.? I see all the pros playing 10k buy ins 50k buying and huge cash games. Did they all start playing the micros and just grind it up? I know the guy Igor Kurganov was grinder. I’m playing nl20 rn and have about 2k after 3 months approximately from 300 so just keep playing?

[@sevenhecks]

Yes absolutely, nobody starts in the big leagues. Just like how NBA players often start in grade school and move onto college and university.

[@argsgsgsgnngndg9894]

This is very interesting, but the problem is you never know your opponents exact range. Do you have a ''standard'' range you use for tight players and one for loose players?

[@PokerCoaching]

To some extent, yes, although people vary in tightness/looseness.

[@chanoone7812]

Awesome content as always

[@wesch6354]

I had a similar scenario the last time I played a cash game. I had A,Qo and guy shoves all in pre-flop. At the time I wasn't to familiar with the guy so after thinking for a min I folded. After a while he got called after he shoved a few times. Every time he had junk hands. So now I'm regretting throwing away my AQo. I probably had him crushed on that hand.

[@PokerCoaching]

That's okay, you learn and improve - next time, you'll stack him!

[@timetravelerpokerrecordhol9246]

Great Coaching

[@PokerCoaching]

Thanks!

[@rubberroast1598]

How do you do this while sitting at a live table? Without access to all these online tools to query your exact odds and opponent range equity calculators?

[@Vivam656]

ICM and Blockers if possible..

[@bigfatcody]

Is that the only way to calculate your hand equity before the flop is to use one of those apps. Can’t really use my phone in a tournament lol.

[@KuvYogHenry]

Should you take out rake for more accurate equity? Especially if rake is 10% of pot plus $1-2 for other promotion.

[@PokerCoaching]

Yes.

[@morcov9931]

I should have watched this video 2 years ago when I was losing a lot of money :)). Now i'm ok(profit). TY

[@botanr101]

Feel like this is what adds a bit of a dynamic to PKO tourneys :p /calling wider better pot odds due to the value of opponents bounty. And the opposite ICM situations calling tighter due to payout implications but if you don't know how to estimate your opponents ranges at the baseline you definitely won't know how to adjust :p So yeah learning the equities vs certain ranges is necessarily like in the first range your aqo is a peice of trash but vs the second range it's a powerhouse. k8o vs k5s is intersting def a difference if you're in a domination nation situation as well.

[@wilsonvinas5906]

Okay but how do you do this at the table? 🤔

[@Motorirumori]

what i do if im used to calculate pot odds with ratio?

[@iamamish]

Why AKo but not AKs? Or is AKs just assumed given that we are calling with AKo?

[@TheJonnylark]

Assuming I can’t bust out my laptop at the table to plug hands into that calculator, is there a more practical way to apply this in the moment assuming that I don’t really know what my opponents range is exactly?

[@PokerCoaching]

Study a ton away from the table. No one "knows it exactly" in game. The best players estimate way better than everyone else.

[@bullyboy131]

These calculations seem to produce the same result, as in "call", as calculating EV. For example, 5.69 = (41.2%×33.5)−(58.8%×13.8) is a call. If you just want to know if you should call or fold is there any sense to use EV calculations instead of just pot odds and equity calculations?

[@PokerCoaching]

Your pot odds tell you how much EV you need to continue.

[@bullyboy131]

Thanks

[@user-ld6zk6qj6w]

Jonathan, why can’t poker casinos keep the chips stacked so that players can better calculate the amount in the pot? I watch your videos and others to be a studied player but I have difficulty sizing my bets because the dealers are squishing the chip piles into the middle making it very difficult to size appropriately. I have horrible short-term memory so this puts me at a terrible disadvantage. Can you put out a video on this matter please?

[@rominanoeliacaprotti654]

Hola, tenes derecho a pedirle al croupier que abra el pozo asi podes contar!

[@user-ld6zk6qj6w]

@@rominanoeliacaprotti654 Thank you Romina. Where do you play? I’m in Los Angeles and here they will spread the chips so you can count it but can’t tell you how much is in the pot. Gracias Romina ¿Donde juegas? Estoy en Los Ángeles y en Los Angeles ellos enseñan los chips para que cuentes pero no te pueden decir cuánto hay en el frente del dealer.

[@agauerm]

That is easy when you have equilab ready to go. Are you supposed to memorize equity of a gazillions of different hands against a gazillion of possible ranges? What is the most effective way of doing this?

[@PokerCoaching]

Memorize the common spots and extrapolate from there.

[@xRakanishu]

"hello sharks!" That opener is such an XD

[@evantsukahara1531]

Is there a way to do this in regular IRL cash games. Because I can’t just whip out my laptop😂

[@PokerCoaching]

Lots of practice with this off the table will help build your intuition to do this at the table!

[@zeejay8ch85h5]

But how do you calculate your equity without a computer? Is it literally just the cards that CAN help you win times the street you're on?? Thats the number im trying to figure out.

[@noThankyou-g5c]

How do you decide what your opponents range is. Obviously we’re not computers and often we don’t have the luxury of studying our opponents’ previous hands off live streams etc. So in most cases we’ll have to estimate. I was just wondering if u have any advice for this

[@noThankyou-g5c]

also how does position factor into play? Im guessing this assumes everybody else folded?

[@sevenhecks]

You have to estimate/build an educated guess based on the hands they play from certain positions, how tight they are, how knowledgeable they are on the game(you can usually infer this by their bet sizing and aggression/use of position), you can never be entirely certain but there are certain ranges of hands that are objectively good to play and as a player gets closer to being the button they will open that range up since they are past to act. They can use the information gained from watching everyone else act to infer how strong their hands are. There's no exact science to it other than obviously you're going to play premium hands and pocket pairs, so those should always be in a person's range. Hope this helps? Feel free to comment back and we can dig deeper into the subject

[@davidwhogg]

You checked A2o and said “so any ace is good”. But isn’t A6o a worse hand than A2o?

[@Cautionable_Offense]

Studying the game like crazy and I just don’t understand how you sort this out while you’re sitting at the table.

[@jamiehand1859]

Is there a Mac version of Equilab?

[@PokerCoaching]

Not that I'm aware of.

[@charlespetry7348]

I've watched and read everything I can about pot odds and still don't understand how I'm supposed to figure out the percentage from the fraction at the table. Who knows what 13.8/33.5 is in % at the table? Even if I round to 14/34 I still have difficulty simplifying it down mentally. Does anyone have any tips for me for studying this or getting better at figuring it out without a calculator? Thank you

[@PokerCoaching]

Practice, but 15/30 is 50% and 10/30 is 30%, so it is somewhere between those two numbers.

[@charlespetry7348]

@@PokerCoaching thank you for the reply! I’ll work on practicing common fractions close to situational numbers.

[@niemand262]

If you're only gonna get 1/3 of the pizza, contribute only 1/3 of the pot. Game! Theory! Optimized!

[@marccifiello4441]

How are you supposed to calculate your chance of winning a hand in under a minute?

[@PokerCoaching]

You do the work away from the table so you do not have to calculate it at the table.

[@TimeFlowsBack]

Why would you include the call you’re making in the the total pot amount when you’d keep that if you fold?

[@nattywit2208]

please refrain from wising up the suckers

[@Bleesieteets]

How are we suppose to calculate all this while in the game? Haha. Does someone actually pull out a phone and do this right on the table?

[@thisismagacountry1318]

I don't use pot odds, I just use pot, will that work?

[@PokerCoaching]

Unfortunately, no.

[@ELK_poker]

13/33.5= 42% im so confused

[@paTROLLINGxD]

I thought this would explain the math that ur ultimately just using a calculator for :\ cool vid though either way

[@CJRoyalOfficial]

Okay...but you can't do all this technical odds calculator stuff in an actual game...can you do a tutorial on what to do in realtime for at least estimating odds?

[@PokerCoaching]

Practice a LOT away from the table such that it is second nature.

[@king_has_no_clothskul8635]

HOW TO ESTIMATE THE RANGE OF THE OPPONENT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN POKER. HIS RANGE VS YOUR RANGE!!!!

[@rudyc79]

Now to figure out how to do all this without having to use the program for help

[@ChiariLife420]

My sentiments exactly. How do I figure the percentage of the hand I'm holding against the bet I'm facing?

[@rudyc79]

@@ChiariLife420 exactly! Can’t just call timeout in the middle of a hand and pop open your laptop

[@PokerCoaching]

Lots of practice off the table makes this easier and easier at the table :)

[@ChiariLife420]

@@PokerCoaching the pot odds are pretty easy for me these days. It's the percentage of chance of have to win the pot that I have the trouble with.

[@ginebrasanmiguel1445]

Too complicated🤔 ✌️😉 Tnx anyways😝🤪😋

[@PokerCoaching]

You're welcome 😊

[@NobleLuke]

By the way, ChatGPT thinks this video is perfect for learning PO&E.. dang sonne!

[@davidicousgregorian]

dneg lost 1.2 million based on ranges but made it back in comps and channel and sponsors

[@siddharthdutta3360]

13.8 BB to call 33.5 BB. Isint that 2.4:1 Pot odds that is 29% . How is it 41%?

[@datsumcrzysht]

The 33.5 includes the 13.8 you’re about to put in for the call. So it’s the amount to call divided by the total pot after the call. For example let’s assume there’s a game without blinds, and someone goes all in for $10. Now you have you have to call $10 making it $10/$20=1/2=50%…meaning that it’s even money.

[@siddharthdutta3360]

@@datsumcrzysht Thank you, 42% is correct. I miscalculated doing it the other way. There is 2.2 +2.5 BB (1BB+1 ANTE +.5SB) in the pot. Tight player shoves for 13.8BB effective making the pot 18.5 BB. So to get 18.5 BB we need to call 13.8 BB. which is 1.3:1 giving us 42%.

[@JRGV_828]

not very well explained for my level, seems like video intended for smaller more advanced audience.

[@EastCoastEDC]

How do people do this math in their head at a live game?

[@PokerCoaching]

It is second nature.

[@EastCoastEDC]

@@PokerCoaching are they literally doing the calcs in their head or using the rule of 2 & 4 ?

[@chrisanderson4044]

This is all cool and easy to understand but I don’t play poker with fkin equilab and a calculator at my disposal.

[@Tell_me_something_good]

Yeah, but how much do you add to your equity for "run good" "run bad"? Or the FACT that the opponent is a card rack playing in "god mode"? LOL

[@PokerCoaching]

None.

[@pnayeri]

How the hell you supposed to do all this in a middle of a hand? Yeah, I’m gonna tell everyone on the table, hold on a second and let me pull out my equity calculator and input all this data in the middle of a hand!

[@michaelchen2718]

I want something I can actually apply to real games. Not this equilab bs.

[@449vlad]

This is a lottery though, even putting an opponent to a specific range in an all in situation, even if let's say you do, how are you going to make all these calculations in your head, speaking of live poker tournaments only.

[@PokerCoaching]

Study away from the table.

[@terrylake22]

If you know what your opponent has...and if you know what the flop will be...give me a break. I've been playing poker longer than you've been alive. This is a joke. Reading the player is WAY more important than this make believe. Pot odds means nothing if you don't have the winning cards.

[@koja69]

funny

[@roguemerlin1969]

\o/

[@williamwood3459]

You're talking too fast and you're not really explain anything this is not. Need to explain how the program gets the numbers not just pop cards in and get a number

[@GotoHere]

Assuming a range invalidates the whole premise. Your just guessing.

[@JoloraB]

You know, I certainly believe in all the math you talk about re pot odds and equity. But I have to ask this: what freaking card rooms are you playing in that allows you to consult your computer before each decision? And nowhere in this video (or any other that I've seen) do you explain the "magic" behind the equity calculation, so that one could learn how to derive this figure without a slew of electronics. This is what I find ridiculous about this kind of analysis. It's useless in live poker. One might get fast enough with these "tools" to use them in an on-line setting, but never in live, in-person games.

[@PokerCoaching]

You consult your computer before you play, that way you do not have to consult it at the table.

[@stephenkennedy1073]

@@PokerCoaching I completely agree with the comment above, so are you basically saying that you should play around with it so you become more familiar with what equity you will need against your opponents range?