It is to hard for me to understand

you give me a bunch of problems, a calculator and a whole lotta time.  I got an A in every math class in college except for one.  That was Discrete Math!! (computer logic type math...scaarrry!!)  I was very happy with my C+ in that class.

So, with my history of math, you'd think that figuring out the odds would be a snap...Nope.  My brain does not seem to work fast enough to really work out the odds in my head during a hand.  I feel too rushed and I start to trip over the numbers in my head.    It really aggravates me.

I've read a lot of articles about it, checked out the charts, and I've found that when I'm faced with the option to call a draw or not, I tend to think more about my position, the table image I have at the moment, the mood of the table, how many chips I have left if I just call...the list always goes on and on when you think about any hand..lol.

I don't know if I'll every memorize the chart or even fully understand, but I seem to do okay with odds if I have to by thinking about my outs.  One thing I did remember was a suggestion from "Poker for Dummies."  The author had said to multiply your outs by 2 and then add 2.  That number is the chance, percentage-wise, that you will make your hand.  If that number is larger than your pots odds, you could call.

To figure pot odds I think of it this way...  If the pot is $100 and I would have to call $10 to stay in with my draw and I had a 25% chance of making my draw, then technically I should call.  The pot odds are 5:1 and I have a 4:1 chance of making my hand.  My odds of making my hand are bigger than the pot odds. 

 
 
   

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i whent to oline poker school and been very sucessfull using a simmilar system ty though and gl at tables

very useful,thanks for the explanation.