First of all you need to know how to calculate Texas holdem odds. Did you know that if you want to win at online poker you need to have a read on your odds before you ever get to a table?

Your odds are the chance that you will win a particular hand divided by the total number of players at the table. The total number of cards being dealt is not important as the cards on the table do not count. However, it is a good idea to understand the odds because you can increase your odds of winning with favourable cards.

To calculate the odds you need to understand one of the most important functions in poker – the fact that the deck favours the MPO777.  In English there are more 10’s in a deck of cards than there are people.

The fewer cards there are in a deck the better chance you have of beating the dealer.  The house rake is the amount taken out of each pot, most of the money is paid out as the rake.

Calculating Pot Odds.To calculate pot odds you need to be able to calculate the probability of you or your opponent(s) actually winning the hand.  This is called your “hand odds”.  To calculate the hand odds for a particular hand you take the cards and number of people remaining in the hand, and the probability of making your hand and the odds of making your hand versus other hands.

The general formula for determining the odds in a hand is:

Hand odds = number of people in hand divided by the number of cards in the deck.

There are two factors that are considered when calculating the odds of a hand.  They are the number of people in the hand and the number of cards in the deck.

When there are more people in a hand the odds are increased in favour of the house.  The number of people in the hand is not as important as the number of cards in the deck.

To increase the odds in your favour when calculating the odds of a hand you can either count the number of cards in the deck or numerically predict the number of cards in the deck.

To accurately predict the number of cards in the deck you will need to be able to do the same calculation in reverse.  the odds of your opponent drawing a particular card is the number of cards necessary to completely make your hand.

While calculating the odds of a hand you also need to be able to determine the number of outs that are remaining.  You can do this by counting the number of cards remaining in the deck or determining if the cards you need to make your hand are spread out across the entire deck.

Once you know the odds of making your hand on either a pure statistical basis or by reverse card counting you can make a decision about whether or not to call or raise your hand.

For example, if you have two hearts in your hand and there are 5 hearts in the deck in total you odds correctly determine that you have roughly a 32% chance of making your hand by the next card.  This 32% represents theetti of the deck.

However, if the next card turns out to be an eight of clubs you now have a 19% chance of winning the hand by the river.  Therefore, if you stay in the hand you will be unlikely to lose a lot of money.

You may also be tempted to stay in the hand if you know that you are likely to win the hand, but you are hoping that a higher card will be dealt in order to raise the pot.  Although, you have to remember that a higher card has a greater likelihood of being dealt because the likelihood of a straight, flush, or trips is essentially the same regardless of the number of cards in the deck.

Normally, you stay in the hand if you have roughly a 32% chance of winning, an 8% chance of winning with a 9% chance of losing. If you have the early lead you would probably wait for the next card to be dealt to you, however, if you are well in front and the pot is large enough you may want to take the lead regardless.

Wait for the Turn Be careful of the semi-bluff when you have a strong hand.  Players with strong hands are less likely to call a strong bet because it is more likely they will beat you anyway. Therefore, if your hand is not strong enough to win in the face of a strong bet you may want to consider folding.