Poker Pot Odds Calculator — Call or Fold?
Enter the pot size and the bet you're facing to get your pot odds and required equity instantly. Add your hand equity and the calculator tells you whether calling is a profitable long-term play.
Calculate Your Pot Odds
Pot before the bet you face
Amount you must call
Chance you win the hand
Your 35.0% equity beats the 25.0% you need by 10.0 points, so calling is profitable long-term.
Equity of Common Drawing Hands
| Draw | Outs | Equity (Flop) | Equity (Turn) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flush draw | 9 | 35.0% | 19.6% |
| Open-ended straight draw | 8 | 31.5% | 17.4% |
| Flush + open-ended (combo) | 15 | 54.1% | 32.6% |
| Gutshot straight draw | 4 | 16.5% | 8.7% |
| Two overcards | 6 | 24.1% | 13.0% |
| Pair to set (pocket pair) | 2 | 8.4% | 4.3% |
| Flush draw + gutshot | 12 | 45.0% | 26.1% |
* Equity shown is against a single made hand. Flop equity assumes two cards to come; turn equity assumes one card to come.
How Pot Odds Work
Pot odds compare the price of a call to the reward on offer. When the pot is $100 and a villain bets $50, you are being asked to invest $50 to win the $150 already in the middle. Expressed as required equity, you must win the hand at least 25% of the time for the call to break even. Any time your hand wins more often than that threshold, calling prints money over the long run.
Comparing Pot Odds to Equity
The decision becomes simple once you have two numbers: the equity the pot odds require, and the equity your hand actually holds. A flush draw with nine outs has roughly 35% equity on the flop. If the pot only demands 25%, you have a clear, profitable call. If a river bet forces you to find 40% equity and your busted draw has none, folding is automatic. This calculator does that subtraction for you and returns a plain call-or-fold verdict.
When to Look Beyond Pot Odds
Pot odds describe only the immediate price. Implied odds — the money you expect to win on later streets when your draw completes — can turn a marginally losing call into a profitable one, which is why a small gutshot call can be correct against a deep-stacked opponent. Reverse implied odds cut the other way when hitting your card still leaves you second best. Treat the pot-odds verdict as the mathematical baseline, then adjust for position, stack depth, and your read on the opponent.
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