Hello again,

One thing that I am finding to be discouraging is present within a lot of the poker videos on this site, and that is the technical side I am seeing used by online poker players. I do not have strong skills in math and do not understand terms like pot odds and 2 to 1 etc... I know this is a disadvantage to me, but do I need to be a math whiz to have a fighting chance at this game I love so much? I generally do well in poker games, making reads on people and acting on them; I believe that I am aggressive when I see the right hands, but I am not doing much in the way of mathematical calculations because I simply do not know how.

I have a basic understanding of bankroll management and have made it so that I won't be suffering huge losses when the lows of poker come my way, but as for in the game mathematics, all I am doing is trying to put people on hands and trying to get my money in when I know I have a hand and they don't. Can this still be profitable? These videos, on FTR, show pros using a tool known as poker tracker and they talking about percentages and odds and the big one is when they indicate weather or not it is profitable to make a call or a bet based on odds and such. I don't know the math to make a call or bet, I just bet when think that I am favorite to come out on top according to my outs.

Should I be reconsidering poker as a hobby? These videos though interesting and insightful, are also technical and leave me feeling like this game is beyond my level and I should therefore not waste my money.

I appreciate any of your thoughts
Utrmstbst