How To Memorize Poker Outs (Odds And Probabilities)?

How can I memorize this chart? https://www.pokerology.com/images/lessons/odds-and-outs-chart.gif.

Out is any unseen card that, if drawn, will improve a player’s hand to one that is likely to win. That means if I have two Aces, and want to have three aces, there is two aces left in the deck so I have two outs.

This is not a very practical chart. An out is about 2%, if you have a pair on the flop, you have two outs to make trips on the turn and (if you miss) two outs to make trips on the river. So (approximately) you have 4 outs total to make trips. That is 8%, or about 12 to 1 against. You don’t need to be more accurate than that. A better way to think about poker is to form a view of what pot odds you need to make a particular draw. So, here, a little mental arithmetic replaces memory.

Actually, the most lucrative thing you can memorize is what hands you need (by position) in order to bet or call preflop.

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This table is different from the one I remember. Rowders book had 21st out with probability 44.68, 45.65 and 69.94.

I used the random location method like Dominic O’Brien for blackjack. For example 15 is Einstein, it reminds me of a physics class. At the door, I see Charles Augustus Magnussen spinning a kusarigama(31.88)
When I go in, I see Quentin Tarantino kicking a heavy bag (32.61) and at the board Ivan the Fool (a character of Russian folklore) plays rock guitar (54.12).

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This s the same as loci method right?

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Yes. Every person from your PAO give you an additional memory palace.

I have researched something about the Loci method, but it still seems kind of inconvenient. There are hundreds (or maybe even thousands) of different numbers, equities, odds etc. that I should memorize, and using this kind of method just takes too much time.

I have tried to practise using memory palace technique successfully with memorizing a shopping list. Creating a story about it just doesn’t feel natural for me.

How about the lyric method? How can I use that with this chart? For additional knowledge, I don’t need to memorize “%” -sections (there is a simple method for that already), but odds I need to remember, at least the most important ones.