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"How To Use An Odds Calculator To Win
More Money At Online Poker..."
Do you use a poker odds calculator?
I sure hope so. Odds calculators are a
CRUCIAL part of winning money at online
poker. Here are a just a few ways an odds
calculator can QUICKLY and EASILY improve
your game:
UNDERSTAND YOUR STARTING HAND STRENGTH...
The biggest mistake made by most card
players is playing TOO MANY HANDS. For
example, tell me if this thought has ever
crossed your mind...
"It's worth calling the flop even though I
have bad cards-- because who knows, I might
catch three-of-a-kind... or two pair... or
something really good!"
Every poker player has had this thought from
time to time. Even the pros.
But the problem is, thinking like this will
cause you to LOSE MONEY in the long run. And
the reason is because of the ODDS. Even
though you might make a "great hand" once in
every twenty flops, those other nineteen
hands will cause you to lose MORE money than
you won.
But here's the thing:
The right odds calculator will show you
EXACTLY how strong or weak your starting
hand is... based on a PERCENTAGE and will
show you the appropriate "Sklansky Starting
Hand Group". What this means is you will
IMMEDIATELY know how good your hand is, as
soon as the cards come out.
For example, at a 10-man table pocket Aces
has a hand rank of 100% and is GROUP 1.
Pocket two's has a hand rank of 63.3%, which
is in GROUP 7. (This is for hands to the
river.)
But let's be honest... understanding how
"good" those hands are is EASY. You don't
need an odds calculator for that.
But let me ask you, which of THESE hands do
you think has the highest "Hand Rank"?
a.) Queen-9 suited
b.) Ace-5 suited
c.) Jack-10 suited
d.) Ace-Queen offsuit
(Here's a hint... the strongest hand is NOT
options "b" or "d"...)
Give up? Are you surprised that A-Q wasn't
the strongest? Well, that's just ONE of the
ways an odds calculator can be incredibly
useful... you'll know the exact hand
strength right away and can make a more
educated (translation = MORE PROFITABLE)
decision before the flop.
KNOW YOUR CHANCES OF HITTING AN "OUT"...
As you probably know, "outs" are cards that
will help you improve your existing hand.
For example, let's say you're holding 5-6
and the flop comes out 3-4-Q. That means you
need either a two or a seven to make a
straight...
Since there are four two's and four seven's
in the deck, you have EIGHT OUTS.
Odds calculators will show you how many outs
you have at any given time... and also give
you the PERCENTAGE chance you have of
getting them. In addition, a REALLY good
odds calculator will "break it down" by each
hand...
For example, in the scenario above with the
straight draw, let's say you ALSO had a
spade flush draw. That means you have more
than eight outs, since one more spade will
help you.
Premium odds calculators will show you the
exact percentage chance you have of making
the straight, the exact percentage chance of
making the flush, and the TOTAL percentage
for the two...
This is a huge time-saver for you. Online
poker is fast-paced... and it's not
practical to sit there and do advanced
calculations and long division while you're
trying to make a decision.
PLAY YOUR POSITION MORE EFFECTIVELY...
In Texas Holdem poker, positioning is
everything. You want to play MORE hands with
good positioning and FEWER hands with bad
positioning. It's that simple.
The odds calculator I recommend allows you
to ADJUST your starting hand settings
depending on where you're sitting at the
table. For instance, if you're on the button
(the dealer position, which is the best
position to be), the program will
automatically set the "Hand Rank
Requirement" to 50%...
...So if you pick up a hand that has a Hand
Rank LOWER than 50%, it will recommend that
you fold.
But if you're UNDER THE GUN (the player to
the left of the big blind, which is the
worst position to be), the program will
automatically set the "Hand Rank
Requirement" to 85%... so the software will
make "tighter" recommendations while you're
in this position.
Make sense?
Now here's the real beauty of this:
IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS MORE QUICKLY...
Most poker players improve their skills over
YEARS of hard work, practice, and study.
This is the slow and painful way.
Using an odds calculator ACCELERATES the
learning process dramatically. Here's why:
As you're playing online poker, the odds
calculator will automatically compute the
odds, hand strength, percentage chance on
outs, and so on. You'll use this
information, make better decisions, and win
more money.
Then here's what will happen...
In a matter of months, you'll find yourself
"knowing" the odds and hand strength WITHOUT
looking at the software! It will become
"natural" to you... because you'll be seeing
the same types of hands so frequently.
Of course, you'll still want to use the odds
software for the more advanced calculations.
But you'll be AMAZED when you sit down at
the poker table with your buddies, see the
flop, and then blurt out:
"He has an 19% chance of making the flush on
the river."
Your friends will think you're a poker
genius! Because the truth is, learning the
odds ISN'T about learning the MATH... it's
about SEEING and PLAYING with the numbers in
front of you frequently enough.
This is how the pros do it... and this is
how YOU can do it with the right tool.
GET "ODDS-BASED" RECOMMENDATIONS...
Ultimately, the point is to reach a
conclusion about WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IN A
GIVEN SITUATION... BASED ON THE ODDS.
You and I both know that "odds" are only a
PART of the game. They may be a BIG part,
but they're still just a part. There's
bluffing strategies, betting patterns, and
many other factors that will affect your
decisions...
Now let me show you the odds calculator that
I use when I play online poker. It's called
"Texas Calculatem". One of the great things
is that it gives you "odds-based"
recommendations...
In other words, it take the outs,
percentages, ratios, number of players,
starting hand strength, and everything
else... compile it all together... and then
spit out a "decision" about what you should
do.
So while you're playing online poker, this
program will run near the bottom of your
screen and say something like, "Check" or
"Fold" or "Call Unraised Only" or "Raise and
Re-Raise"... and so on.
And here's another reason why I like Texas
Calculatem so much:
ADJUST YOUR PLAYING STYLE
AUTOMATICALLY...
Texas Calculatem lets you adjust your
"style" according to your preferences and
table strategy.
For instance, let's say you're playing a
10-player Sit and Go. Well, at the beginning
you want to play extremely tight because you
just want to SURVIVE as the other players
start knocking themselves out (after all,
Sit and Go's pay out for the top three
finishers, so there's no need to risk many
chips in the beginning).
So what I do is set the "Pre-Flop Slider" to
a very tight setting.
BUT... when you DO play a hand in the early
stages of a Sit and Go, you want to play it
AGGRESSIVELY. Especially if it's a really
good hand like a high pocket pair. Because
the reality is, there are a lot of "loose
manics" at the Sit and Go's who will call
anything... so you want to increase your
chip stack by taking advantage of them.
So in that situation, I set the "Post-Flop
Slider" to a more aggressive setting.
You see, with Texas Calculatem you can
adjust each of these settings without
affecting the other. And you can adjust them
mid-game or any time you want (I adjust mine
back to more normal levels when it gets down
to six players in the Sit and Go).
Of course, it's the same way with Ring Games
and other tournaments. In a four player ring
game I like to play lots of starting hands
and aggressively "bully" my opponents... so
I adjust the sliders to the looser and more
aggressive settings and "Bam!"... the
program adjusts its computations
automatically.
AND... get this...
Texas Calculatem instantly adjusts all of
the odds and recommendations based on HOW
MANY PLAYERS are at the table. In ring games
people are constantly getting up, sitting
out, coming in, etc... and in Sit and Go's
players are continuously being eliminated.
All of this makes it confusing to figure out
which hands to play and how to play them.
Calculatem adjusts everything AUTOMATICALLY.
You don't have to input anything, either. It
"detects" everything by itself.
Speaking of detection... that's something
else you need to be aware of:
DON'T BUY AN ODDS CALCULATOR WITHOUT
THESE FEATURES...
There are some KEY FEATURES that make an
odds calculator a very effective tool. But
ironically, MOST ODDS CALCULATORS don't have
these features!
For instance, most odds calculators make you
"manually" type in what your cards are...
what the flop cards are... and so on.
This makes no sense. After all, you can do
the math faster than that!
Texas Calculatem was designed in a way that
requires NONE of your time or effort. It
automatically "attaches" to your poker game
and detects your cards and the cards on the
table (from the flop, turn, and river). You
just sit back and focus on the game.
Obviously Texas Calculatem doesn't read your
OPPONENTS cards, though... since that
information is completely secured by the
casino. (That sure would make things easier,
huh?)
Another great feature that Calculatem has is
called "Fold Depth". This basically uses
"human logic" to make the odds computations
more accurate. For instance, let's say the
flop came out 7-7-3 and two players folded.
Texas Calculatem "knows" that neither of
those two players folded the seven. (Duh!)
The reason this is important is because it
affects all of the ADVANCED calculations
from that point forward. Using the "human
logic", Texas Calculatem knows a more
accurate percentage of WHERE the other two
sevens are... as well as all the other cards
in the deck.
The result is a program that is far superior
and more useful than any other on the
market. In fact, I've really only "scratched
the surface" of all the features that Texas
Calculatem has... and all the ways it can
help you win more money at online poker.
Honestly, the question isn't whether or not
you need an odds calculator...
The question is: How can you afford NOT to
use one?
The cold hard truth is that many of your
opponents WILL be using Texas Calculatem...
which gives them the IMMEDIATE ADVANTAGE at
the tables.
If you're only going to play poker for "play
money", then I guess it's OK. But if you're
playing for REAL MONEY, then you need to
download Texas Calculatem to your computer
TODAY. Without it, you're just another fish.
The best part is, Texas Calculatem is FREE
when you setup a new account at one of the
partner poker rooms...
So click this link, setup your account, and
download Texas Calculatem for FREE. You'll
be winning more money at online poker within
the next five minutes...
CLICK HERE
See you at the tables! |
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Questions:
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