Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
For example, if there is $200 in the pot
For example, if there is $200 in the pot and a player bets $50, a player contemplating a call will be risking $50 in order to win $250. The $200 already in the pot plus the $50 bet. In this case, the pot odds are 5 to 1. The player can win 5 times as much as he risks, by making the call.
Here is another example:
Here is another example: There is $125 in the pot. one player bets $25, another player calls the $25 and the action is now on you. What are the pot odds? If you came up with 7 to 1, you are correct. The calculations are done as follows: $125 + $25 + $25 = $175.