In the interests of taking the right chances, it should be less appealing to go after payouts that do not match or exceed the odds of successfully winning the pot.

为了抓住正确的机会， 它应该是比较少量上诉去在成功地嬴得壶不相配或超过机会的花费之后。

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Think about the math: what are the odds that you'll hit on the river, and what are the odds that the pot is offering you?

考虑一下数学：你在河牌的成败比有多少，而彩池提供的成败比是多少？

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The opportunity to win a bigger pot should influence your staying in the game over the same odds of winning a smaller pot.

当相同的机率赢得较多的筹码机会应该影响你比在嬴得较少的筹码的游戏中多停留。

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His open-mindedness put him at ease in America's melting pot, and at odds with the rhetoric about values that pervades American politics.

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That explains the significance of the red ball: it makes the odds of winning the pot less likely since you have to match all of the white balls (generally from 1 to 50) plus choose the correct red ball (out of a different set of balls, generally 1 to 35).

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From where I sit, the odds of that happening seem no better than my chances of winning the next Powerball jack-pot.

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