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Poker Odds
The chances of being dealt a specific hand in five cards are as
follows:
Hand |
Number
of Ways
Hand Can Be Made |
Odds
Against |
As
% |
Royal Flush |
4 |
649,740 to 1 |
.00015% |
Straight Flush |
36 |
72,193 to 1 |
.0014% |
Four of a Kind |
624 |
4165 to 1 |
.024% |
Full House |
3,744 |
694 to 1 |
.144% |
Flush |
5,108 |
509 to 1 |
.196% |
Straight |
10,200 |
255 to 1 |
.392% |
Three of a Kind |
54,912 |
47 to 1 |
2.11% |
Two Pairs |
123,552 |
21 to 1 |
4.76% |
One Pair |
1,098,240 |
2.4 to 1 |
42.37% |
No Pair |
1,302,540 |
2 to 1 |
50.25% |
Total |
2,589,960 |
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The following is a table of some basic, yet quite useful Texas Hold'em
probabilities. For many more odds and statistics for Hold'em,
Five Card Draw, Seven Card Stud, Lowball and Razz, visit poker guru Mike
Caro's web site.
The
probability that... |
Odds
Against |
As % |
Before
the flop, you will hold: |
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A Pair
Suited Cards
2 Aces
Ace/King
At least 1 Ace
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16 to 1
3.25 to 1
220 to 1
81.9 to 1
5.70 to 1
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5.88%
23.53%
0.45%
1.21%
14.93% |
If,
before the flop, you hold: |
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A Pair, at least one more of
that kind will Flop
No Pair, you will pair at least one of your cards on the Flop
Two suited cards, two or more of that suit will Flop
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7.51 to 1
2.08 to 1
7.48 to 1
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11.76%
32.43%
11.79%
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If, after
the flop, you have: |
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Four parts of a Flush, you will
make it
Four parts of an Open-end Straight-Flush, you will make a
Straight-Flush
Four parts of an Open-end Straight Flush, you will make at least
a Straight
Two-Pair, you will make a Full House or better
Three-of-a-kind, you will make a Full House or better
A Pair, at least one more of that kind will turn up (on the last
two cards)
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1.86 to 1
10.9 to 1
0.85 to 1
4.97 to 1
1.99 to 1
10.9 to 1
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34.97%
8.42%
54.12%
16.74%
33.40%
8.42%
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Miscellaneous: |
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If you have suited cards before
the flop and stay
through the river, exactly three more of your suit will turn
up
If you have a pair before the flop and stay through the river, at least one
more of your kind will turn up
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16.3 to 1
4.21 to 1 |
5.77%
19.18% |
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