How do you apply maths into poker?

Question

I play poker once in a while with my dad and brother, but we don't bet. My dad said it helps train the brain. I can understand the part where you have to remember the cards used. But I'm not sure how do you apply probability into it?

Answer 1

each individual card is 1/52 chance of coming up, however, you know the cards in your own hand cannot come up again; let's say you have two Kings and want a third one, so you know there are only two kings left out of the remaining cards that could still be dealt

people who play cards well know the odds in all kinds of situations like that, and they "play the percentages" instead of just hoping to get lucky

say you know that you have a one in six chance of getting the cards you need and you have a certain number of chips on the table; you have to have enough to win that if you did that same thing six times the one win would make up for the five losses

say you had $10 in the pot that totals $100, so if you lose five times that means you lost $50, but one win puts you up $100, so it is a good percentage bet

that sort of thing

Answer 2

I'm not sure what you mean about not betting.  Do you mean that you don't wager real money, or you don't use any kind of chips?

If you are playing poker without betting, then you are not playing poker.  Poker is a betting game, and without the chips and the pots it makes no sense.

As for remembering what cards were used, this is important in stud games.  Remembering which cards have been folded.

In terms of math, you use math to calculate pot odds, which you can't really do if you are not betting.  You can also use math to figure the probability of an event happening.  For example in Hold'em if you flop four cards to a a flush, there are nine cards left that have not been seen by you that could help you.  So after the flop you've seen your two hole cards, and three community cards.  You already have four flush cards, and there are 47 unseen cards in the deck.  Nine help your hand, so you have 9/47 = 19% chance of making your flush on the next card.  Or about 35% chance of making your flush by the river.

This is just a simple example.  But really you'd need to read a book on the subject and also consider how the math relates to the specific version of poker you play.  Omaha is different from Hold'em, which is different to Stud or Draw.

Answer 3

Well if I know which game you wanted to know about it would help but here goes For hold'em it's the odds knowing what you have and what the other players may be able to make with the community cards and how there betting if the pot is 500 with only three people still playing and one bets 250 and the other guy call that means if you call u well be getting better then two to one for your money and if your cards look stronger then there's then you have the odds of winning two times your money

Now black jack has the best odd of any card game were you are playing the house (some well say backtrack) it changes from casino to casino but most play with 8 decks and it's not easy to remember that mean cards but it can be done ; )