Here’s is one of my favourites and the reason that I like to mix my home game so much.
Implied odds = The chance that I have of taking all of your stack
How many chips I have to put in to call
Now it works in the home game more because there are certain players that I can count on, I can count on J6 to play junk and think that a J high flop with JQ is a good hand, I can count of Ace to fall in love with his over pair, I can count on The Mouth to never believe me when I have a hand, and a couple other players like Nice Guy Eddie to keep firing at the pot no matter what flops.
Now a lot of people like to slow play a flopped set, but I like to build a pot, there is no sense letting them decide how much they are going to lose, after all, they are the ones that woke up with AA and now have their vision so clouded with WSOP bracelets that they can’t lay them down. I say get in a fight, get your money in good because they will pair the board sometimes and kill your flopped two pairs, occasionally they will hit the runner runner to take you out with a backdoor flush or a straight, but when you raise with 36 off-suit, get re-raised by QQ and smooth call, and lead at a 245 pot, more often than not you are getting paid
