Poker Boot Camp

Maybe you all have discussed this in the past.

Maybe not.

BUT even if you have, I'll say that you need to hear it again, because FUCK some of you are bad.

Not like, "Oops, I got a little too drunk/high and decided to donk off after 5 hours of glorious free-roll action on Steem Poker League."

More like, "Oops, I accidentally lost 11 chromosomes on the way to the game, and I think a huffing cooking spray may be a good idea."

This advice is I'm about to give you is solid. So reliable that when discussing that I was going to write on this topic my friend said, "don't help the fish get better. I love their money."

I'm going to let you chromosome challenged bums, know that you are extremely over-valuing your hands.

I see people willing to shove all-in on the flop (or pre-flop for that matter) with a low-pair.

I hope this is not because you think that your pair of 4's is going to go the distance.

I pray it's because you don't know the odds that your hand is going to improve and expect a 4 on the turn or the river.

So let's talk about that because I want my Steem Poker League homies to prosper.

Outs 101

I could give you some fancy schmancy definition of outs. Instead, I'll break it down in a way you soft-skulled twats can understand:

Outs is the number of possible cards left that will improve your hand.

Pretty basic, right?

Let's give some examples:

Let's say you have a pocket pair of 4s.

How many possible cards are in the deck that can improve your 4s?

If you answered anything other than 2, you're an idiot and probably need a reference while you play cards. So I made you this.

After you finish upvoting, resteeming, and worshiping this post (making me very rich and declaring allegiance to I, @kryptik as King of the Internet helping SPL to continue to hand out free magic internet money), make sure to stare at it as you play. Think about the repercussions before you push half of your stack for an 8% chance of success.

For the people that will inevitably forget this advice or are like, "@kryptik, dude, I already know this shit", I offer up another piece of rare poker wisdom.

The Rule of 4 & 2:

To determine the approximate odds of making a better hand multiply your outs by 4 for the turn and 2 for the river.

(Number of Outs) X 4 = approximate chance of making hand on the turn.

(Number of Outs) X 2 = approximate chance of making hand by river.)

Example: If you have 4 outs. (Two pair or Open ended straight draw)

(4)X 4 = 16% chance by the turn.

(4)X 2 = 8% chance by the river.

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