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MINIMUM POT SIZE

When playing poker, a more useful way to think about drawing hands would be to examine the minimum amount of winnings that would be needed to justify the cost of continued play. The tables on the next page will show the number of available outs, the minimum pot size that should be won to justify the cost.

If you could not win the minimum amount shown in the table under the cost column, your bet would not be getting the correct pot odds. There will be two tables, one for two cards to come and the other when there will be one

card to come. For instance, when playing 3-6 dollar Holdem poker, you were to be on a flush draw (nine outs) with two cards to come. There would a six-dollar bet to call and you would expect five to spend twelve-dollar total to get to the river. In the table for two cards to come, the intersection of the twelve-dollar column and nine out row will show thirty-four dollars. s

You would have to win at least thirty-four dollars to justify spending twelve-dollars, because in this situation, you would have about two failures for every success. For higher betting limits, you should multiply the dollar amounts by ten. Example: In a five to ten dollar poker game, you would be on an inside straight draw (four outs) and you would have to call a raise (twenty-dollars) to see the last card. In the table for one card to come, you would have to think of the two dollar column as the column for twenty-dollars.

The value in the row for four outs would be multiplied by ten to give two hundred thirty dollars.

You would have to win at least two hundred thirty dollars to justify a twenty-dollar bet on an inside straight draw.

These tables will be especially useful for Internet poker competition, because pot sizes will be precisely displayed on your screen and the table could be in front of you for reference. Minimum Pot Size for Correct Pot Odds For your bets (costs for additional cards) to have correct pot odds, you would have to win at least the amount shown under the cost column, in the row with the number of outs available to make your hand.

ONE CARD TO COME

TWO CARDS TO COME