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by brightball 3989 days ago
There's a book called Theory of Poker that covers all of this. Gets into all of the math involved, how it changes throughout the game, how it changes in different games, etc.

Basically it boils down to a solid system in limit poker where raises are controlled. One huge raise in a no limit game skews the pot odds so badly that mathematically it almost always means you should fold and that makes no limit a great game for the WSOP.
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merlincorey 3988 days ago
If you're only taking into account direct pot odds for NLHE in 2015, you're missing out on a lot.

I like the book "The Mathematics of Poker" by Chen.

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andybak 3988 days ago
> If you're only taking into account direct pot odds for NLHE in 2015, you're missing out on a lot.

I'd like to understand that sentence better. Got any links?

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wbc 3988 days ago
In NL, you should also consider future betting and implied pot odds, especially when playing deep stacked (say both of your stacks have 200+ big bets)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot_odds#Implied_pot_odds

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