Do you calculate the odds of a hand when your playing?

I don't know why but I really have a hard time working out the hands other players can have, especially with a lot of players in the game.

What do you do to calculate your chances of winning?

Those that are facing up I would, but its like in long running games, you start to wear out and not to bother about that, which makes it dangerous...

I am always counting my outs, the trick is to make sure you're not giving yourself too many.

I can't calculate odds but I do try weight up the chances as quick as possible with online games.

A lot of rooms really don't give enough time to think in online rooms and it's something that really annoys me.

if you check out my website there is a link for a odds calculator you can use. That is what I used for a few months until I figured out the odds. This is a great utility to get you started on knowing all the possible hands in every situation.

Only for big pots.

I don't. First, I don't know how to, and second, I don't think to think too hard when I'm playing. When it's my turn, I just quickly think "raise, call, fold, check (or bet, if no one has yet)". I would probably do better if I calculated my odds, but I just do Poker mostly for fun, and that just would take some fun away from it (for me, at least).

Even if your playing for fun it's more fun if you end up with more play money ;)

I count my outs too, I can calculate odds but it's always going to be a bit off, close enough to know if a call would be worth the risk or not though.

I don't. First, I don't know how to, and second, I don't think to think too hard when I'm playing. When it's my turn, I just quickly think "raise, call, fold, check (or bet, if no one has yet)". I would probably do better if I calculated my odds, but I just do Poker mostly for fun, and that just would take some fun away from it (for me, at least).

Youre right if youre playing poker just for fun and dont want to be a serious poker player then dont do that calculating.In the other hand if you think you will pursue your career on poker.Then I will recommend you to always to compute the odds.

When I started playing online I used "texas calculatem" odds checker. It bolts onto most online tables and works everything out automatically.

Its a good why to strat but don't rely on it

Nah, I never calculate the odds.

I do...I have a pretty good head for calculating math and fractions so I at least let myself know how many outs and such I have in a given hand. I wouldn't say I'm a human calculator though, there are plenty of hands I just dive into without thinking about it twice.

Maybe I should have tried harder at Maths when I was at school, and I always thought it could never be used for anything in the real world :D

Just kidding. If only I was better at maths though, I have always been bad at it.
Wish I did concentrate a bit more years ago, might have helped a lot for poker!

Theres a class here at my campus specifically for statistics in games. I think I am going to try to enroll in this to get a better idea of how to quickly figure out stats.

I don't think I'll ever reach Lederer status though...