What Are The Odds Of Hands In Poker

Royal Flush: The unbeatable hand – the hand all players dream of getting – a Royal Flush is the best possible hand in Texas Hold ‘Em poker, and cannot be beaten. Interesting, the board will only allow for a Royal Flush 1 in 59 times – and the odds of just ONE player making a royal flush at a full 9-person ring game is 1:3,628.

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Every now and then I like to play a game of poker. Hands, in poker, are ranked according to the basic chances of them occurring. Those hands that would randomly occur with a lower frequency rank higher than those that are more likely to occur. In the most vanilla form of poker, five cards are dealt to make a hand. Poker Odds Chart. If you need to know some of the odds and probabilities of common poker hands, take a look at our poker odds chart to quickly learn which hands to play. You can either print it out and keep it to hand during a game, or calculate poker odds at a glance online. Poker Hand Odds. In the game of Hold'em there are plenty of times you will need a card to show itself on the flop, turn, or the river. For instance, you may need to know the odds of catching that club on the river for the flush or flopping the third 8 to go with the two in your hand.

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One of the great features of video poker is the fact that the odds of each hand being dealt are the same on every machine (Games with 52 cards of course have different odds to those with 53). While the pays for the wins change the chances of getting the wins do not. Below we list the odds of many hands being dealt pat and the odds of winning on the draw for a 52 card game.

Initial Deal Odds

The table below shows the odds of getting any winning hand on the first five cards dealt on a game using 52 cards. Odds change if you are playing a game with an additional wild card such as Jokers Wild as there are 53 cards.

HandOddsHand Odds
Royal Flush 1 in 649740Straight : 1 in 255
Straight Flush : 1 in 72193Three of a Kind :1 in 47
Four of a Kind : 1 in 4165 Two Pairs :1 in 21
Full House : 1 in 694Pair J, Q, K or A 1 in 7.69
Flush : 1 in 509Any Pair 1 in 2.37

Odds On The Draw

As much as we would all like to see a pat hand dealt every time we hit the max bet button this is rarely the case. In reality less than 1% of hands played will result in you holding all five where over 60% of hands you will hold just two cards going into the draw. Knowing this lets look at some examples.
The table below shows the odds of getting a particular hand when holding one, two, three or four cards. Of course you have to be holding the right cards for the odds to be correct. For example for cards to a royal is made up of four suited cards in the 10 to Ace range. Four to a flush is four suited cards etc.
Royal Flush Draw
Hold 1 Hold 2 Hold 3 Hold 4
1 in 178,3651 in 16,215 1 in 1081 1 in 47
Straight Flush Draw *
Hold 1 Hold 2Hold 3 Hold 4
1 in 59,4551 in 8,1071 in 360 1 in 47
Four of a Kind Draw
Hold 1 Hold 2 Hold 3 Hold 4
1 in 3,4301 in 3601 in 23.24n/a
Full House Draw
Hold 1 Hold 2 Hold 3 Hold 4
1 in 619 1 in 98 1 in 16 n/a
Flush Draw
Hold 1 Hold 2 Hold 3 Hold 4
1 in 3611 in 991 in 26 1 in 5
* The straight flush section has several variations that can change the odds that are displayed. These are primarily and inside draw or an outside draw. For example if you have 5h, 6h, 7h, 8h there are two ways to make the straight flush - either a 4h or a 9h will do it. However if you have an inside draw you have for example 2d, 3d, 5d, 6d. In this case only one card can make the hand (4d).
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Want to find out the probabilities of being dealt an ace before the flop in Texas Hold'em? Use the tables below to help you find the different aces odds based on the situation and the number of players at the table.

Aces probabilities odds charts.

Poker Hands Odds Table

Probability any player is dealt an ace.
# Players% Odds
218%
340%
450%
559%
666%
773%
878%
983%
You have an ace, probability another player does.
# Players% Odds
212%
323%
432%
541%
650%
757%
864%
969%
You have no ace, probability another player does.
# Players% Odds
216%
329%
441%
551%
660%
768%
874%
980%

Probability of being dealt an ace in any Texas Hold'em game is 15%.

How to use aces odds.

These tables are not going to be of much use to you whilst you play, but it is useful information on the probabilities of hands with aces turning up at your table.

The most useful information from these aces odds tables is that the likelihood of a player being dealt an ace increases with the number of players at the table.

The likelihood of another player holding an ace if you hold an ace yourself table (top right) is interesting. There is a fairly high probability that another player at a 9-seater table holds an ace if you do as well. This means that we should be cautious when dealt weak aces and should fold them in early position. There is a chance that we were the only player at the table holding an ace, but we are saving ourselves more money in the long run for when we come up against another player with a better ace than ours.

Playing aces in Texas Hold'em.

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An ace is the highest ranking card in Texas Hold'em and can be played either high or low. This means that if you are dealt an ace preflop, there is a fair chance that you hold one of the strongest hands at the table. If you are all-in with an opponent and they do not have a pocket pair or a better ace, you are the favorite to win the hand.

Poker hand odds calculator preflop

However, you should be careful to not become overly attached to the hand when you are dealt an Ace, because there is a fair chance that you will lose a sizeable proportion of your stack if you get into a hand with another player that holds a better ace than you (e.g. A9 vs AQ).

Be careful to not overvalue hands with aces, as they can get you in to a lot of trouble if you do not have a good kicker.

For strategy guides on how to play hands with aces, take a look at the rag aces and pocket aces articles.

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