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  2. Pot odds - Wikipedia

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    Pot odds are only useful if a player has enough equity.Equity is the chance a player has to win the hand at showdown.It is calculated as the fraction of remaining cards in the deck for each remaining street (sequential card being dealt, e.g. turn, river) that can give a player the winning hand.

  3. Poker probability - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, this is called odds against. For instance, with a royal flush, there are 4 ways to draw one, and 2,598,956 ways to draw something else, so the odds against drawing a royal flush are 2,598,956 : 4, or 649,739 : 1. The formula for establishing the odds can also be stated as (1/p) - 1 : 1, where p is the aforementioned probability.

  4. Lottery mathematics - Wikipedia

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    An alternative method of calculating the odds is to note that the probability of the first ball corresponding to one of the six chosen is 6/49; the probability of the second ball corresponding to one of the remaining five chosen is 5/48; and so on. This yields a final formula of

  5. Glossary of poker terms - Wikipedia

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    implied pot odds, implied odds See main article: implied pot odds improve To achieve a better hand than one currently holds by adding or exchanging cards as provided in the rules of the game being played. in position A player is said to be in position, if the player is last to act on the flop, turn and river betting rounds. Compare with out of ...

  6. Poker strategy - Wikipedia

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    Pot odds are the ratio of the size of the pot to the size of the bet required to stay in the pot. [1] For example, if a player must call $10 for a chance to win a $40 pot (not including their $10 call), their pot odds are 4-to-1. To have a positive expectation, a player's odds of winning must be better than their pot odds. If the player's odds ...

  7. Gambling mathematics - Wikipedia

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    The mathematics of gambling is a collection of probability applications encountered in games of chance and can get included in game theory.From a mathematical point of view, the games of chance are experiments generating various types of aleatory events, and it is possible to calculate by using the properties of probability on a finite space of possibilities.

  8. 6 Ways to Upgrade Your Popcorn, According to Professional Chefs

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    2011 F&W Best New Chef Jamie Bissonnette uses a similar stovetop method, popping the kernels in butter in a Dutch oven, but with one major twist: whole garlic cloves.

  9. Morton's theorem - Wikipedia

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    The rest of the deck results in a win for Arnold. The turn card is an apparent blank (for example 6♦) and the pot size at this point is P, expressed in big bets. When Arnold bets the turn, Brenda, holding the flush draw, is sure to call and is almost certainly getting the correct pot odds to do so. Once Brenda calls, Charles must decide ...