Poker Pot Odds Quizzes for 2024

Pot Odds Poker Quiz Questions and Answers

Question 1

How many outs do you have if you have two hearts in your hand and the flop has two hearts?

Pot Odds Quiz Answer 1

You have nine outs. Each suit, including hearts, has 13 cards. You have two in your hand and two more are on the board, leaving a total of nine outs.

Question 2

If you have an open-ended straight draw how many outs do you have? An open end straight draw is a hand like 8-9-10-J.

Answer 2

An open end straight draw completes a straight with one of two cards. Each of the two cards has four in the deck, so the answer is eight outs. In the example above any of the sevens or queens completes your straight.

Question 3

How many outs do you have if you have both a flush draw and an open-ended straight draw?

Answer 3

Because you have nine outs with a flush draw and eight outs with an open end straight draw many players instantly think they have 17 outs. But two of the open end straight outs are already counted in the flush outs so you actually only have 15 outs.

Question 4

If you have four to a flush on the flop what are the odds you’ll draw one of your outs on the turn?

Answer 4

You have nine outs out of a total of 47 unseen cards, so nine cards help you and 38 don’t. You simply divide 38 by nine to get the correct odds. In this case the odds are 4.22 to 1.

Question 5

When you have an open-ended straight draw on the flop what are the odds you’ll complete your straight on the turn?

Answer 5

An open end straight draw has eight outs out of 47 unseen cards. This means eight cards help you and 39 don’t. In this case you divide 39 by eight to get odds of 4.88 to 1.

Question 6

What are the odds you’ll complete one of your draws on the turn if you have both a flush draw and an open end straight draw on the flop?

Answer 6

You have 15 outs which leave 32 unseen cards that won’t help you. When you divide 32 by 15 you get the correct odds of 2.13 to 1.

Question 7

After the flop in a no-limit Texas Hold’em game you’re facing a bet of $100 and the pot has a total of $500 in it including the bet. You have a flush draw and you’re convinced the only way you win the hand is if you hit your flush. What should you do?

Answer 7

You have nine outs making the odds of hitting your flush 4.22 to 1 on the turn. The pot odds are 5 to 1, so you should call. You have to call 100 for a chance to win 500.

Question 8

In the same no limit Texas Hold’em game you have an open-ended straight draw on the flop. You’re sure you have to hit a straight to win, you’re facing a bet of $100, and the pot is $250 including the bet. What should you do?

Answer 8

You have eight outs which have odds of 4.88 to 1 to hit your straight on the turn. The pot is only offering 2.5 to 1 odds, so you should fold.

Question 9

In a limit Texas Hold’em game you have both an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw on the flop. The pot has $100 in it including the bet of $20 you’re facing. What should you do?

Answer 9

You have 15 outs so the odds of hitting one of your draws on the turn are 2.13 to 1. The pot is offering 5 to 1 odds, so you shouldn’t fold. Your odds of hitting one of your draws by the end of the hand is .85 to 1, which makes you a favorite to win the hand. You should raise because you’ll win the hand more often than you’ll lose at this point.

Question 10

Experienced poker players often use a shortcut rule to quickly determine how likely they are to hit their draws on the turn, river, or turn and river. This rule is known as which of the following?

Answer 10

The correct name of the pot odds shortcut is the 4 and 2 rule, or the 2 and 4 rule. The rule states that you can get a rough idea of the percentage of time you’ll hit your draw by multiplying your outs by two or four. When you multiply your outs by two you have a guess of how often you’ll hit your draw on the turn or the river.

When you multiply by four you have a guess on how often you’ll hit your draw from the turn to the river. The only time you usually use the four part of the rule is when you face an all-in or almost all in bet on the turn. Otherwise you need to know your chances from the flop to the turn and then make another evaluation.

Here’s an example:

If you have a flush draw, nine outs, after the flop you can multiply your outs by two to get 18%. You have roughly an 18% chance to it your flush on the turn. The actual percentage is 19.1%, so this is a close estimate.

If you multiply your nine outs by four you have roughly a 36% chance to hit your flush on either the turn or river. The actual percentage is 35%, so once again you can see this works for a close estimate to compare with your pot odds.