Poker Math That Matters

Hero: 6♠7♠
Villain: A♣K♦
Board: K♥5♠6♣
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Now you have both the backdoor flush draw and the backdoor
straight draw. Now your percentage would change to 26%. This
is about an 8% increase from when you have no backdoor draws.
This is a significant increase and can really impact how you play
a hand. Now, in terms of counting outs, if you’re going to see
both the turn and river, you can add an extra out for a backdoor
draw. So again, looking at your board here, you have the five
outs for the 4s and 5s in the deck, but you also have the backdoor
flush draw and backdoor straight draw. Since you’re all-in and
will be seeing both the turn and the river, you can add one out
for each backdoor draw. So, we can say you have seven outs in
this hand. This is easy enough, but sometimes things are not so
obvious. Sometimes the outs get a little sneaky.
Let’s talk about those hidden outs. Sometimes we have more
outs than we first think. Future cards can often take our
opponent’s cards out of play and vice versa.
Hero: A♠Q♣
Villain: 3♣3♦
Board: T♥T♦8♠5♣
Of course, your opponent has a pair of 3s, and you only have A
high. How many outs do you have? Many times people only
think about an A or Q to give them a pair. There are three As
left, and three Qs left. That would be six outs. However, your
hand is much stronger than that verses 33. If the river came an 8,
you now would win the hand. Your best five cards would be