Opinion

[madjek]

i always think about the math in tourney's, but stack size and blind size become more important sometimes. If you getting short stacked, you might not be getting pot odds, but its possible that it's you best chance your going to have to double up. For example, if I only have 8 or 9 blinds left and have flush draw, I might call a pot size bet on river, even though that's not quite getting pot odds. I think thats the big difference between cash and tournament, imo.

Btw, the 4X on turn and 2X on river isn't an exact formula. The more outs, the less accurate. For example, if you have the open ended str flush draw plus 2 overs, 21 outs, you're not 84 % on turn (it is 70%). The prob. is it is a curve, no magic number you can mult. by for exact percentage, because of possibility of an out hitting on turn and river.But 4 is a good estimate. The 2X on river if more accurate, just slightly higher than actual.