Texas Holdem - Calculating your odds quickly

Here's a shortcut to calculate pot odds in poker. If you use odds right you have the basics of winning poker down.

Here's the formula: outs * 2 * cards left to deal

For example, let's say you have a flush draw. You have two hearts and two more are on the board so there are 9 unknown cards out there that are your "outs". It's the flop so you have two more cards coming.

So, 9 * 2 * 2 = 36

You have roughly a 36% chance of making your flush.

Note: this is not exact, and there's some rounding going on to make the calculation easier (specifically this is how you'd do it for a 50 card deck, not a 52 card deck) but you will only be off by a few percentage points and this is exact enough for competitive poker.

Learn the shortcut well and calculate your odds on every street.