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[QUOTE="ChuckTs, post: 478827, member: 467"]
Freak,

download and print this chart:

[URL]http://www.texasholdem-poker.com/odds_chart.php?chance_format=odds_against&decimals=2&Display=Display[/URL]

I keep one beside my monitor while playing for reference.  I know I don't have to explain how pot odds work to you, but if you want to catch up then read the article by FP which explains it very well.  They're a pain in the ass at first, but with practice it will come.  Trust me.  :)

All you do is look at the pot amount (chips in middle + any bets in front of you).  That number is usually calculated by the site itself; it'll say Pot: 1500 or whatever.  Then just compare that to the bet to you, and simplify it.  So if there's $4 in the middle, and a guy is betting $2 to you, then there's $6 in the pot, and it's $2 to you.  So 6:2 or 3:1.  That's generally good enough for most draws if you're including any money you can make on later streets (ie implied odds).

In your hand, I think it's an easy fold.  On the flop he's telling you he has your hand beat, but gives you great odds (30c into 1.75 = almost 6:1) to draw.  I call the flop and check the turn.  If he bets enough to give me bad odds (which he does here; 1.80 into 3.85 => 2.1:1) then I'm dumping it.  You do have a big draw now, but he's betting too much for you to draw.  he probably won't pay you off either if the fourth diamond hits so I just toss it.
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