just wondered if maths skills in poker become intuitive given time??
i think im good at maths but decisions maths based for me are never instantaneous
I worked for 5 years as an odds compiler and these percentages become second nature the more you use them. I would say its the same for poker too, I sat down with an out chart and remembered turn and river odds for each number of outs. Now I am no maths genius so it was literally a case of learning and testing myself until they all became second nature too.
As for darts players i think its just the same principal, you learn a set of 'outs' for each number and they just stay in there, I know as a kid my maths improved a lot by watching darts.
very true, also mathematics are all about little tricks what work for you,i prefer %s, if you find it easier to work in odds and dont want to use a chart, may be quicker just to use the %s you have worked out from your outs,, example to call just the turn with a open straight draw is 8outs x2 =16 +1 =17%, so 17 times you makes it out of 100 and 83 times you dont, odds are 83/17, you can see its just less than 5/1,which is enough to make quick decision, to call a all in after the flop with a flush draw works out at 35% but to work out quickly when your playing i would go , 9 outs x4 36% dont add 1 as its over 8 outs,= 64/36 less than 2/1 ,
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