Poker Jesus Home | Poker Room Reviews | Poker Bonus Codes | Poker Strategy Articles              

Welcome To Poker Jesus Online

          Poker Chips
Chip Reviews
Chip Care

                  WSOP
WSOP News
How To Qualify For The WSOP
History Of The WSOP

    Poker Room Reviews
1.  Bodog Poker Review
2.  Party Poker Review
3.  Absolute Poker Review
4.  Pokerroom Review
5.  Poker.com Review
6.  Full Tilt Poker Review
7.  Paradise Poker Review
8.  Royal Vegas Poker Review
9.  Noble Poker Review
10.  Pacific Poker Review

               Misc Stuff
Online Poker Room Reviews
Recommended Poker Books
Poker Software Reviews
Poker Office Review
History Of Poker
Poker Dictionary
Free Stuff
Current Poker Bonus Codes
Party Poker Sign Up Bonus Codes
Poker Sites That Accept Phone Cards For Deposit
Party Poker Strategy Guide

Finding Your Outs Page 2

Let’s say you hold J T and the flop is K Q 5.  You have an open ended straight draw.  Either an ace or a 9 will improve your hand to what would most likely be a winning hand.  You have 4 outs to the ace (4 remaining aces in the deck) and 4 outs to the 9 for a total of 8 outs.  Looking at the poker draw odds chart you see that your odds of improving are 5 to 1.  One time out of six you’re going to improve your hand.  If the pot odds are larger than 5 to 1 then in most cases you’re going to stay in the hand.   

Let’s say you hold Q7 from the big blinds and the flop is A 9 3.  You have a flush draw.  Remember what I said earlier about only remaining in the hand on a three suited flop if you hold one of the remaining two highest cards in that suit?  That would apply here.  In this case you’d get out unless you’re holding a K or Q.  Luckily you hold a Q.  So in figuring your outs, you realize that you have 9 outs to a flush.  There are four heats on the board, so 13 – 4 = 9 outs.  You’re going to look at your poker draw odds chart now to see that your odds of improving are 4 to 1.  You’ll improve one out of 5 times with this draw.  So if your pot odds are larger than 4 to 1, you’ll stay in the hand.

So, to find your outs, simply figure out which hands you can achieve (if you read our beginner’s guide you’ll remember that you’re only going to play top pair or better).  After deciding which hands you can draw to, simply figure out how many cards are left in the deck that can complete the hand you’re trying to make.  Then you apply those outs to the poker draw odds chart at which point you’ll know your draw odds.  Then you apply your draw odds to the pot odds.  If the pot odds are larger than your draw odds, in most cases you’ll stay in the hand.  Unless for some reason you think you’re already beat.  Remember that although it can be overwhelming at first, eventually this entire process will become second nature with enough practice.

[Back] [Home]