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% chance of getting the card you needIf you really would like to become a good Poker player, you need to understand your odds and how to calculate your chances.  Playing poker to win is a long-term commitment to learn the game and hone your skills.  You need to learn and practice, learn and practice, learn and practice.  A true Poker player plays the odds, the percentages, and crucially, the people.  Success at poker is as much a matter of avoiding mistakes as it is coming up with inspired brilliancies.  Yes, you can play Poker like a superhero and through heaps of money into the stack.  Yes, you will occasionally be lucky and win.  No, you will not become a brilliant poker player this way.  Do you have what it takes to become one?  Only you will know if you have what it takes to sit tight, be patient enough to improve your game every step of the way, hone your skills and then be brilliant at Poker.  If you think you can, you need to learn som basic percentages that will help you along your way.  When you watch televised poker tournaments, these percentages and odds will often be presented as the game progresses and will also help you to fit the puzzle together.  Many of the top professional players are aware of every single % chance at every moment of the game.  Every bit of knowledge will help you to form your poker abilities and take it to the next level.  Refer to the other posts posted on this website for some more information.  You can also refer to the table below.  Keep in mind that an “Out” is a card that will get you out of a sticky situation and make your hand the best or potential best.  You will for example hear a player say “that was unlucky, I had 16 outs and I hit none of them”.  That simply translates to the fact that there were any 1 of 16 cards that could give a Player such a hand and they did not get any of them.