To make this decision we consider two elements: Poker Maths is mainly used when we need to hit a card in order to make our hand into a winning hand, and we have to decide whether it is worth carrying on and chasing that card. As long as we do this, in the long term we will always come out on top.

So we can use this in our decision making process.Įvery time we make a decision in Poker it is a mathematical gamble, what we have to make sure is that we only take the gamble when the odds are on in our favour. Remember, Poker is not based on pure luck, it is a game of probabilities, there are a certain number of cards in the deck and a certain probability that outcomes will occur. What is Poker Math?Īs daunting as it sounds, it is simply a tool that we use during the decision making process to calculate the Pot Odds in Poker and the chances of us winning the pot. You won’t need to carry a calculator around with you or perform any complex mathematical calculations. This is a very important lesson and can also be quite intimidating to a lot of people as we are going to discuss Poker Math!īut there is no need for you to be intimidated, Poker Maths is very simple and we will show you a very simple method in this lesson.