Poker Outs to Odds

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To find your chance of improving a drawing hand based on the number of outs, use the following table:

Outs	Turn Odds	River Odds	Turn+River Odds
1 Out	45.9-to-1 (2.13%)	45.1-to-1 (2.17%)	22.3-to-1 (4.26%)
2 Outs	22.5-to-1 (4.26%)	22.0-to-1 (4.35%)	10.9-to-1 (8.42%)
3 Outs	14.7-to-1 (6.38%)	14.3-to-1 (6.52%)	7.0-to-1 (12.49)%
4 Outs	10.8-to-1 (8.51%)	10.5-to-1 (8.70%)	5.1-to-1 (16.47%)
5 Outs	8.4-to-1 (10.64%)	8.2-to-1 (10.87%)	3.9-to-1 (20.35%)
6 Outs	6.8-to-1 (12.77%)	6.7-to-1 (13.04%)	3.2-to-1 (24.14%)
7 Outs	5.7-to-1 (14.89%)	5.6-to-1 (15.22%)	2.6-to-1 (27.84%)
8 Outs	4.9-to-1 (17.02%)	4.8-to-1 (17.39%)	2.2-to-1 (31.45%)
9 Outs	4.2-to-1 (19.15%)	4.1-to-1 (19.57%)	1.9-to-1 (34.97%)
10 Outs	3.7-to-1 (21.28%)	3.6-to-1 (21.74%)	1.6-to-1 (38.39%)
11 Outs	3.3-to-1 (23.40%)	3.2-to-1 (23.91%)	1.4-to-1 (41.72%)
12 Outs	2.9-to-1 (25.53%)	2.8-to-1 (26.09%)	1.2-to-1 (44.96%)
13 Outs	2.6-to-1 (27.66%)	2.5-to-1 (28.26%)	1.1-to-1 (48.10%)
14 Outs	2.4-to-1 (29.79%)	2.3-to-1 (30.43%)	0.95-to-1 (51.16%)
15 Outs	2.1-to-1 (31.91%)	2.1-to-1 (32.61%)	0.85-to-1 (54.12%)
16 Outs	1.9-to-1 (34.04%)	1.9-to-1 (34.78%)	0.75-to-1 (56.98%)
17 Outs	1.8-to-1 (36.17%)	1.7-to-1 (36.96%)	0.67-to-1 (59.76%)
18 Outs	1.6-to-1 (38.30%)	1.6-to-1 (39.13%)	0.60-to-1 (62.44%)
19 Outs	1.5-to-1 (40.43%)	1.4-to-1 (41.30%)	0.54-to-1 (65.03%)
20 Outs	1.3-to-1 (42.55%)	1.3-to-1 (43.48%)	0.48-to-1 (67.53%)
21 Outs	1.2-to-1 (44.68%)	1.2-to-1 (45.65%)	0.43-to-1 (69.94%)
22 Outs	1.1-to-1 (46.81%)	1.1-to-1 (47.83%)	0.38-to-1 (72.25%)

• American odds are sometimes called moneyline odds and are accompanied by a plus (+) or minus (-) sign, with the plus sign assigned to the lower probability event with the higher payout.
• To manually calculate win potential for minus odds, you divide 100 by the number, then multiply the decimal by your bet. For the Dodgers line above, that would be 100/125 = 0.80, then 0.80 x $100 = $80. For the plus odds, you’d divide the odds by 100. In the Yankees example, that would be 150/100 = 1.50, then 1.50 x $100 = $150.

Plus And Minus In Betting

The decimal odds show the number that you can use to calculate the total amount of money you win: for example, 4.98. Since our focus lies on the meaning of the plus sign and the minus sign, we focus on the American odds. These are also called the moneyline odds, as lots of sports bettors use this odds type for their moneyline bets. The Uston Advanced Plus/Minus is a good strategy that does not involve an ace side count and can be found in the book Million Dollar Blackjack. How well you know a counting strategy is much more important than which strategy you know.

To calculate the percentage by hand, use any of the following approximations:

Betting Odds Plus Vs Minus

Accuracy	Turn	River	Turn+River	Comments
Excellent	Outs times 2.13%	Outs times 2.17%	*Turn odds plus River odds minus Turn odds times River odds	More accurate than you'll ever need
Very Good	Outs times 2-1/8%	Outs times 2-1/6%	**Outs times 4%, minus (Outs - 8) if 9 or more Outs	As accurate as you'll ever need
Good	Outs times 2%, plus 1% if 5+ Outs, plus 2% if 13+ Outs	Same as Turn	**Outs times 4%, minus (Outs - 8) if 9 or more Outs	The easiest reasonable approximation
Bad	Outs times 2% plus 1%	Same as Turn	Outs times 4%	Not good if low or high numbers of outs

* For example, using the Good approximation, if you have 9 Outs, then you have a 19% chance on the turn, a 19% chance on the river, and a 38% minus 19% of 19% (close to 20% of 20%, which is 4%) equals a 34% chance on the turn and river combined.

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** From David Solomon, mentioned in Harrington on Hold 'em: Volume 2.

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