Mathematics is a vast subject that has many areas. While poker has to do with having the right skills and being lucky, do you believe that understanding a lot about mathematics can be a great way to achieve success when you play poker?
Poker Community, Online Poker Forums
Join our poker forum today to talk strategy, and participate in private poker games with our members. Once signed in to your account, you'll get instant access to the passwords for our private tournaments.
Play our daily home games on partnered online poker sites to qualify for our monthly private freeroll! The top players on our StockPoker leaderboard qualify. Check the leaderboard for more information.
StockPoker LeaderboardWhat is the role of mathematics in achieving success in poker?
Being able to count outs, and having basic understanding of percentages helps in poker, the more you know, the better.
For example if you flop a flush draw, the chance of hitting a flush by the river is 35%. If you have a open ended straight on the flop, the chance of hitting those cards by the river is 31.5%. I keep those odds in mind when I'm chasing draws to make a flush or straight.
For example if you flop a flush draw, the chance of hitting a flush by the river is 35%. If you have a open ended straight on the flop, the chance of hitting those cards by the river is 31.5%. I keep those odds in mind when I'm chasing draws to make a flush or straight.
Your ability to achieve success at the poker table relies hugely on your understanding of probability and statistics. So, you can see that knowledge of mathematical principles is equally critical but it's obviously not everything you need to win.
