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Poker Math Essentials: The Numbers Behind Good Decisions
A plain overview of the core poker calculations: combinations, outs, pot odds, equity, bet sizing, tournament stacks and variance, with checked examples.
Strategy and Opponents
Poker Math
The numbers every poker player uses at the table.
Bluff Frequency and Minimum Defense Explained
See how bet size sets the bluff share a bettor can use and the calling frequency needed to defend, with a checked table and simple chip examples.
Combos and Blockers: Counting Opponent Hand Possibilities
Learn how to count the two-card holdings an opponent can have, and how the cards you hold and the board remove combinations, with checked examples.
Counting Outs and the Rule of Two and Four
Learn how to count outs and use the rule of two and four to estimate drawing chances on the flop and turn, with a table comparing estimates to exact figures.
Equity in Poker: What a Percentage of the Pot Really Means
Understand poker equity as your average share of the pot, how hands and ranges are compared by it, and why equity is not the same as profit.
Implied Odds: Value Beyond the Current Pot
Learn what implied odds are, how to work out the extra winnings a draw needs to justify a call, and which assumptions make the idea unreliable.
Pot Odds Explained With Clear Examples
Learn how pot odds compare the price of a call with the size of the pot, with a bet-size table, a checked expected value example and common mistakes.
Starting Hand Probabilities in Texas Holdem
Calculate how often pairs, suited cards, ace-king and weak hands are dealt in Texas Holdem using the 1,326 possible two-card combinations.
Tournament Math: Chip Counts, Blinds and Payout Structures
An introduction to stack-to-blind ratios, rising blinds and payout structures, and why chips in a tournament are not worth the same as cash.
Variance in Poker: Why Even Good Decisions Lose
See why sound poker decisions still lose often in the short run, using simple coin-style simulations, standard deviation and streak probabilities.
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