THE WORLD'S #1 POKER MANUAL - Card Games

Poker Book, Poker Odds
($100) (.98) = 4.9 up to (300) (.85) = 6.4.
$20 $40
John wins consistently, but still his opponents refuse to realize that they are paying him thousands
of dollars every year to play in their game.
3. Edge Odds or Edge Percentages (12)
Edge odds indicate the relative performance of a player in a poker game. These odds are calculated by
the following formula:
average winnings (or losses) of player, $ x 100% = Edge Odds % [ 10 ]
average winnings of the biggest winner, $
For example, if the biggest winner of each game averages plus $150, and if a player averages plus $75
per game, then the edge odds for this player are +75/150 x 100% = +50%. The more games used to
calculate edge odds, the more significant they become. Edge odds based on ten or more games should
reflect the relative performance of a player fairly accurately. The good poker player usually maintains
edge odds ranging from 25 percent to 65 percent, depending on the game and abilities of the other
players. An approximate performance grading of poker players based on the edge odds is tabulated in
Table 5.
Grading
TABLE 5
EDGE ODDS
Edge Odds in
Games without
a Good Player
Edge Odds in
Games with
a Good Player
Good player N/A 25 -- 65
Sound player 10 -- 25 5 -- 20
Average player 0 -- 15 (-5) -- 10
Weak player (-10) -- 5 (-15) -- 0
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