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Gorak have a look at post #2736 in this thread. Rhoms excellent flow chart.
Thanks; I checked the chart and it makes sense.

If my TPTK does not have a chance of improving to better than a set than I think folding is the way to go.
 
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One other thing; when playing Rush Poker, I found that when I min-raise pre, I get more folds than raising 3x. I don't know why.

I only raise 3x when I have a monster so I get a better chance of getting called.
 
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One other thing; when playing Rush Poker, I found that when I min-raise pre, I get more folds than raising 3x. I don't know why.

I only raise 3x when I have a monster so I get a better chance of getting called.

alot of players at zoom have the autofold selected so doesnt matter what you raise if they have pretermined they will fold.

Also try to keep raise sizes the same, if you are only raising 3x with monsters and min raising with other hands easily exploitable, although not sure in HEM is there is a stat regarding opening bet size so may get away with it at Zoom

Maybe size differences could be like 3x UTG as likely to be OOP and maybe raise 2.5 on the Button as you will be in position

PS the charts I posted were adapted from Johns, which includes Flop, Turn and River

https://www.cardschat.com/forum/cas...er-vol-i-study-group-227214/post-2759115.html
 
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Makes a change. Some pretty outrageous luck today on 888.
I have always run well on that site.:)
Sorry for posting the fish twice today, its just too good

Nice stats especially the 9BB/100 ones, although some of these figures can get skewed when it merges different stakes.

I can beat your stats on MTTS but cash a different story Im trying to grind the micros and set a target of 5BB but struggling.

All 6MAX
Occasionally dip back at 2nl but only at 0.69 after 40K (although 10 Buyins down $EV diff)
but just got there tonight at 5nl (2 buyins up $EV Diff)

main difference on stats is I seem
Tighter VPIP/PFR at 5nl
lower WTSD%
Slightly Better W$SD%
Slightly bett Agg and AGG%
3Bet still too high on both

PS whats the CC% is that Check Call % and what should it be around
 

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PS whats the CC% is that Check Call % and what should it be around

Your stats are starting to look better. I wouldn't worry too much about your 3bet%. Although just a tad high from optimal I would be very surprised if this was any sort of leak. At the micros you are probably winning a lot from this as players don't adjust well to being 3bet at the lower levels. Its just something to be aware of as when you get to 25nl you will get 4bet bluffed and called a lot more if your 3bet% is too high, especially if its high from the blinds.

CC% is Cold Call %. I have been reducing this from 17-18% last year and am still working on reducing this down in the BB.
I'm reasonably happy with 8-9% across the board at the moment. The lower this is the less your red line will spew if you aren't solid postflop.
You can have a higher CC% if you have a good post flop game, you do need to have some sort of calling range in the CO and Button to take advantage of your position.
 
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My red line goes out of control. I wish mine was tame
 
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Sticky fish. Any comments on my thinking here?

Aggression factor seems to be the key to unlock these decisions.

Pacific, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 9 Players

SB: $10.56 (105.6 bb)
BB: $10 (100 bb)
UTG+1: $11.98 (119.8 bb)
UTG+2: $2.49 (24.9 bb)
MP1: $11.67 (116.7 bb)
MP2: $10.10 (101 bb)
MP3: $9.42 (94.2 bb) - VPIP: 36, PFR: 18, 3B: 0, AF: 2.3, Hands: 22
Hero (CO): $17.91 (179.1 bb)
BTN: $10.09 (100.9 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A Q
4 folds, MP3 raises to $0.30, Hero raises to $1.05, 3 folds, MP3 calls $0.75 (he looks a little fishy so just bumped up the 3bet sizing)

Flop: ($2.25) 8 3 Q (2 players)
MP3 checks, Hero bets $1.78, MP3 calls $1.78
Ok first thing I look at now is how sticky he is and how aggressive,
his wtsd is 33% and his post flop aggression is quite high at 50%. We don't have many hands on him but combined with his stack size and his vpip/pfr gap hes looking like a sticky fish.
In that case intend to bet the turn for value, I'm looking for 3 streets here off a villain like this.
What range am I giving him? 88 99 TT JJ KQ QJs AQ 33 are probable but who knows with this type.

Turn: ($5.81) 3 (2 players)
MP3 bets $6.59 and is all-in,
This bet makes no sense with the flop call, if he had a set as an aggressive player he should have been raising....the fact that he didn't raise on the flop makes this shove look very suspicious. He is aggressive and this looks like a shove from a flush draw to me. If he had a value hand why not bet smaller or check raise to eek out some money from me. The shove now just looks like a 'go away' bet with some equity. The turn 3 is actually quite comforting as it reduces the chances of him having 33, the only hand i fear is 88 but this just doesn't make sense with the shove.

Hero calls $6.59

River: ($18.99) A (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: $18.99 pot ($0.94 rake)
Final Board: 8 3 Q 3 A
MP3 showed 8 A and lost (-$9.42 net)
Hero showed A Q and won $18.05 ($8.63 net)
 
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Aggression factor seems to be the key to unlock these decisions.

Pacific, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 9 Players

SB: $10.56 (105.6 bb)
BB: $10 (100 bb)
UTG+1: $11.98 (119.8 bb)
UTG+2: $2.49 (24.9 bb)
MP1: $11.67 (116.7 bb)
MP2: $10.10 (101 bb)
MP3: $9.42 (94.2 bb) - VPIP: 36, PFR: 18, 3B: 0, AF: 2.3, Hands: 22
Hero (CO): $17.91 (179.1 bb)
BTN: $10.09 (100.9 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A Q
4 folds, MP3 raises to $0.30, Hero raises to $1.05, 3 folds, MP3 calls $0.75 (he looks a little fishy so just bumped up the 3bet sizing)

Flop: ($2.25) 8 3 Q (2 players)
MP3 checks, Hero bets $1.78, MP3 calls $1.78
Ok first thing I look at now is how sticky he is and how aggressive,
his wtsd is 33% and his post flop aggression is quite high at 50%. We don't have many hands on him but combined with his stack size and his vpip/pfr gap hes looking like a sticky fish.
In that case intend to bet the turn for value, I'm looking for 3 streets here off a villain like this.
What range am I giving him? 88 99 TT JJ KQ QJs AQ 33 are probable but who knows with this type.

Turn: ($5.81) 3 (2 players)
MP3 bets $6.59 and is all-in,
This bet makes no sense with the flop call, if he had a set as an aggressive player he should have been raising....the fact that he didn't raise on the flop makes this shove look very suspicious. He is aggressive and this looks like a shove from a flush draw to me. If he had a value hand why not bet smaller or check raise to eek out some money from me. The shove now just looks like a 'go away' bet with some equity. The turn 3 is actually quite comforting as it reduces the chances of him having 33, the only hand i fear is 88 but this just doesn't make sense with the shove.

Hero calls $6.59

River: ($18.99) A (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: $18.99 pot ($0.94 rake)
Final Board: 8 3 Q 3 A
MP3 showed 8 A and lost (-$9.42 net)
Hero showed A Q and won $18.05 ($8.63 net)

I think you nailed it as far as your thought process! The larger 3bet pre, going for three streets of value with tptk and your assessment of his aggression (idk what this agg factor means because I use pt4). I think you pegged his range as much too strong with the hands you'd listed but you knew he could have all sorts of junk those are just the hands that make sense to you I'm guessing.

I faced a very similar sticky and aggressive fish lately. It's funny you can get so much value with top pair from these guys.

This wasn't long after I'd sat down and I didn't know much about the guy and was slightly worried about a set here.

PokerStars - $1 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 99 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
BB: 96.95 BB (VPIP: 41.67, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
UTG: 93.37 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
UTG+1: 141.82 BB (VPIP: 8.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
MP: 23.2 BB (VPIP: 60.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 10)
Hero (MP+1): 163.78 BB
CO: 98.5 BB (VPIP: 9.09, PFR: 9.09, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 11)
BTN: 98.5 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q A

fold, UTG+1 calls 1 BB, fold, Hero raises to 5 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG+1 calls 4 BB

Flop: (11.5 BB, 2 players) 2 7 Q
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets 6 BB, UTG+1 raises to 15 BB, Hero calls 9 BB

Turn: (41.5 BB, 2 players) 4
UTG+1 bets 19 BB, Hero calls 19 BB

River: (79.5 BB, 2 players) A
UTG+1 bets 30 BB, Hero calls 30 BB

UTG+1 shows Q T (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 28%, Flop 13%, Turn 7%)
Hero shows Q A (Two Pair, Aces and Queens)
(Pre 72%, Flop 87%, Turn 93%)
Hero wins 136.5 BB


This was against the same villain a couple of rotations later and I was obviously looking to punish this guy after I had a read on him. It didn't work out but holy spew on his part!

PokerStars - $1 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG+1: 101 BB (VPIP: 29.41, PFR: 5.88, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)
MP: 95.45 BB (VPIP: 29.41, PFR: 11.76, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)
CO: 67.57 BB (VPIP: 17.65, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)
BTN: 44.2 BB (VPIP: 60.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)
Hero (SB): 230.28 BB
BB: 79.6 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 16)
UTG: 98.5 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J A

fold, fold, fold, CO calls 1 BB, BTN calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 6 BB, fold, CO calls 5 BB, BTN calls 5 BB

Flop: (19 BB, 3 players) 2 Q A
Hero bets 11 BB, CO calls 11 BB, fold

Turn: (41 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 25 BB, CO raises to 50.57 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 25.57 BB

River: (142.14 BB, 2 players) Q

CO shows Q J (Three of a Kind, Queens)
(Pre 26%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows J A (Two Pair, Aces and Queens)
(Pre 74%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
CO wins 139.14 BB

I've been pretty busy with this month so I haven't gotten to play nearly as much as I'd like and I'm a little pissed about it! I did take another shot at 200nl and was up half a buy in pretty quickly but I lost a flip for nearly 50bb and got it in with AK vs J9s for another 50bb and then it was back to 100nl:(

I think I'm going to make like a one BI buffer before I move up next time. I don't mind losing a couple hundred dollars if I'm satisfied with my play but for some reason loosing that and then having to drop down in stakes makes me a bit tilty!
 
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2 spewy hands from just after

Hand 1 at the time thought ok to shove the turn as could blast out somerthing like JJ, AK and even if called i.e. KK getting nearly right odds
Hand 2
again thought about CR flop or maybe Turn but as he was quite aggressive though best to call him down. On river think I just called based on him being aggro, think he put me on flush draw or medium pair

Hand1
Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $2.14 (107 bb)
Hero (BB): $2.55 (127.5 bb)
UTG: $2.02 (101 bb)
MP: $3.68 (184 bb)
CO: $3.19 (159.5 bb)
BTN: $2.46 (123 bb) 20/13 AG2 3B 33.3

Preflop: Hero is BB with 7
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A
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UTG folds, MP raises to $0.06, CO raises to $0.18, BTN calls $0.18, SB folds, Hero calls $0.16, MP calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.73) 6
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8
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T
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(4 players)
Hero checks, MP checks, CO checks, BTN bets $0.35, Hero calls $0.35, MP calls $0.35, CO folds

Turn: ($1.78) Q
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(3 players)
Hero bets $2.02 and is all-in, MP folds, BTN calls $1.93 and is all-in

River: ($5.64) 3
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(2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results: $5.64 pot ($0.20 rake)
Final Board: 6
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8
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T
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Q
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3
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Hero showed 7
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A
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and lost (-$2.46 net)
MP mucked and lost (-$0.53 net)
BTN showed 8
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8
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and won $5.44 ($2.98 net)

Did you post these because you just wanted us to berate you?

I have nothing to say. :)
Hand2
Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $2.90 (145 bb)
BB: $2.06 (103 bb)
UTG: $2.58 (129 bb) 30/27 AG 10.0 3B 5.0
MP: $2.52 (126 bb)
CO: $2.69 (134.5 bb)
Hero (BTN): $5.14 (257 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with T
diamond4.gif
7
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UTG raises to $0.06, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.06, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.15) T
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5
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2
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(2 players)
UTG bets $0.14, Hero calls $0.14

Turn: ($0.43) 8
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(2 players)
UTG bets $0.41, Hero calls $0.41

River: ($1.25) 5
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(2 players)
UTG bets $1.97 and is all-in, Hero calls $1.97

Results: $5.19 pot ($0.18 rake)
Final Board: T
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5
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2
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8
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5
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UTG showed A
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A
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and won $5.01 ($2.43 net)
Hero showed T
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7
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and lost (-$2.58 net)

Why would you cal T7 against a LAG that is hyper aggro raising UTG? That's a huge -EV play for you based on your game style.
 
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Totally understand. And there is a lot of bad advice out there. A LOT. So I understand how and why it's hard to sort through to find the good stuff. I'm going to be adding some content to Polished Poker including the below completed default lines. Which, these are the same as starting hand charts. They are general guides in case you're stuck and not sure what to do. But they shouldn't always be followed.

Poker_Tree2.png

Very interesting!!!
 
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Did you post these because you just wanted us to berate you?

I have nothing to say. :)


Why would you cal T7 against a LAG that is hyper aggro raising UTG? That's a huge -EV play for you based on your game style.

I know they were both preflop mistakes. It was more to do with once you get yoursef in these situations.

Also I think Zoom is probably hurting my game as alot of the time I only notice certain stats when I run them through the replayer
 
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Very interesting!!!

Hey! That's a cool graph! John would you happen to have that in PDF? I'd love to print it and stick it to my bathroom mirror.
 
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Who is playing today?

Does this file open correctly? (pdf)
 

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Hey guys. Here's one that just came up.

6max 5nl pokerstars

MP 110bb
CO 105bb
SB 160bb (hero)

SB dealt K10c

Table folds to MP
MP raises to 3bb
CO 3bets to 11bb
SB?

I folded but should I have squeezed here? CO had been playing a fair amount of hands but I hadn't seen them 3bet yet so I'm not really sure what range they would be 3 betting. Better to fold until I have a better read?

Thoughts?
 
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Im still out in the boonies and without my laptop so i can't play. I managed to find some wifi so I'll be able to run skype at least.

Can we sweat you Figaroo?
 
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Hey guys. Here's one that just came up.

6max 5nl pokerstars

MP 110bb
CO 105bb
SB 160bb (hero)

SB dealt K10c

Table folds to MP
MP raises to 3bb
CO 3bets to 11bb
SB?

I folded but should I have squeezed here? CO had been playing a fair amount of hands but I hadn't seen them 3bet yet so I'm not really sure what range they would be 3 betting. Better to fold until I have a better read?

Thoughts?
NO
A squeeze is when a loose player raises and somebody else calls - Then you raise. (squeezing the initial raiser)

In your example player raises then next player reraises, this means you have to 4Bet
 
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Here's another one from a different table

6max 5nl pokerstars

CO 110bb (me)
Button 107bb

Table folds to CO w Jd10h
CO raises 3bb
Button calls 3bb

Flop
7s8s5d

CO bets 4bb
Button raises to 13bb

CO?

I folded here with out the flush draw but if I were holding J10s would this have been a good place to have called or raised?

I would have had a gut shot (4 outs) and a flush draw (9 outs) for a total of 13 outs which would equal:

13 x 4 = 52% on the turn
Call 9bb to win 26bb

So 9/52 gives me 5.7:1?

....balls.

..... I'm missing some thing here. What step did I miss?
 
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NO
A squeeze is when a loose player raises and somebody else calls - Then you raise. (squeezing the initial raiser)

In your example player raises then next player reraises, this means you have to 4Bet

OH!!! Okay lol ya then I can't squeeze in this situation. And a 4b doesn't seem profitable enough of the time with K10s against even a late position 3 bet. At least not with out knowing more about villains range.

Thanks Rhombus.
 
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Here's another one from a different table

6max 5nl pokerstars

CO 110bb (me)
Button 107bb

Table folds to CO w Jd10h
CO raises 3bb
Button calls 3bb

Flop
7s8s5d

CO bets 4bb
Button raises to 13bb

CO?

I folded here with out the flush draw but if I were holding J10s would this have been a good place to have called or raised?

I would have had a gut shot (4 outs) and a flush draw (9 outs) for a total of 13 outs which would equal:

13 x 4 = 52% on the turn
Call 9bb to win 26bb

So 9/52 gives me 5.7:1?

....balls.

..... I'm missing some thing here. What step did I miss?
its actually 12 outs, 9 for the flush and 3 for the gutshot other wise you count the 9of spades twice.

Saying that you may also have adittonal outs i.e. if your opponent had A8 then you have Jacks and Tens, but you may also have less outs if your opponent had a higher flush draw, thats when it gets complicated

Using the rule of 2 and 4 you normally multiply by 4 but it sometimes gives you a higher %.

Theres actually an adjusted rule of 4 and 2. If you have more than 8 outs you deduct one for each out over 8.

i.e.
9 outs is 36 -1 35%
10 outs is 40-2 = 38%
11 outs is 44-3 = 41%
 
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Can you download the Opera browser and then open it?

I opened it ok using firefox, you can also just right click on it and save as a picture
 

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its actually 12 outs, 9 for the flush and 3 for the gutshot other wise you count the 9of spades twice.

Saying that you may also have adittonal outs i.e. if your opponent had A8 then you have Jacks and Tens, but you may also have less outs if your opponent had a higher flush draw, thats when it gets complicated

Using the rule of 2 and 4 you normally multiply by 4 but it sometimes gives you a higher %.

Theres actually an adjusted rule of 4 and 2. If you have more than 8 outs you deduct one for each out over 8.

i.e.
9 outs is 36 -1 35%
10 outs is 40-2 = 38%
11 outs is 44-3 = 41%

Thanks again Rhombus. I see where I added 1 too many outs because of counting 9s twice.

And just when I thought I was getting the idea of outs they up and change it on me! Doh! Lol

So to keep it simple, from there how do I calculate to a ratio?

12 outs = 44%
Calling 9bb to win 26bb

9/44 = 4.9:1?

There's got to be a quicker way. Or is it just practice and repetition?
 
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