Poker probability and pot odds are some of the key fundamentals for beginner poker players to learn. Pot ods and probability help lay out your basic poker strategy so that you can build on that strategy to learn poker faster.
Book Layout Mastering Poker Math Volume 1 has four sections and twenty one chapters. They are:
Section I: Foundational Poker Math Skills Chapter 1: Decision Making with Imperfect Information Chapter 2: Probabilities, Fractions, Odds and Counting Your Outs Chapter 3: The Rule of 2 and 4 Chapter 4: Key Percentages and Probabilities Chapter 5: The Importance of Equity Chapter 6: Expected Value (EV)
Section II: Mastering the Math Chapter 7: The Core Math Chapter 8: Selecting Great Starting Hands Chapter 9: The Power of Betting.
Section III Mastering the Math Applications Chapter 10: Chip Management Skills Chapter 11: Why It’s Smart Math to Bluff! Chapter 12: The Power and Problems with Aces Chapter 13: The Power and Problems with Pocket Pairs Chapter 14: Decision Tree Analysis Chapter 15: The Explosive Energy of All-In Chapter 16: Capitalizing on Patterns Chapter 17: Math and the Phases of a Tournament
Section IV: Becoming a New Breed of Poker Player Chapter 18: Game Theory Optimal Chapter 19: Strengthening Your Skills Chapter 20: Tracking Your Results Chapter 21: Next Steps
ake Your Poker Game To The Next Level With Poker Math! Are you new to poker? Have you been playing for awhile? No matter if you’re a new beginner or you’ve been at the tables for months now, you can take your game to the next level with poker math. It’s not as difficult it seems. Once you learn these simple calculations, you’ll be ready to dominate the competition and pile up more money. Look at what just a few people are saying about this book already: I’ve read other books designed to simplify poker math and I’ve counted outs, calculated pot odds, figured out my equity against a range – and gotten it all completely wrong because I didn’t work it all out from every possible angle away from the table. After reading this book and doing the work involved, I have a confidence and knowledge at the table that I never had before.”-Bibi “This will make you a force at the tables, and your wallet will thank you. Besides, as a friend of mine likes to say, winning is just way more fun!”-Mary “What an awesome book! Easy to read lots of solid concepts explained well. I really enjoyed how it explained to calculate pot odds, which will be invaluable in my future tournaments. This book breaks the fundamentals down into easily digestible nuggets of wisdom for easy mastery.”-Kyle Using easy to understand language, this book is straightforward and to the point. No fluff, just pure poker knowledge.
Practical Poker Math: Basic Odds & Probabilities for Hold’em & Omaha
What are the odds of winning at poker if you don’t know the odds in poker? Practical Poker Math provides a complete and easy-to-understand explanation of the basic odds, probabilities and expectations in Hold’Em and Omaha. All the formulations are completely open and are demonstrated via easy-to-follow, colour-coded calculations. Pat Dittmar has aimed this book at beginning through semi-pro players who want to improve their results and who know that there is not much chance of improvement without a fundamental understanding of poker odds, probabilities, and expectations. Pat Dittmar is head of trading and development at TradePointTechnologies.com, an organization that develops and deploys state-of-the-art proprietary trading technologies. Pat feels that successful poker players possess the skills required to play in the one true fast action, around the world, around the clock “Big Game” – the world financials markets, and TradePointTechnologies recruits its traders exclusively from the poker world.