Odds Of Hitting Poker Hands
The pot odds represent the number of times out of 100 you need to achieve a hand to break even. Professional poker players compare the pot odds to the hand odds before calling bets on the turn and river. When pot odds exceed hand odds, a solid betting situation exists. After the flop, there is $50 in the pot.
- The Best Poker Hands Calculator You can use this calculator while playing or reviewing past hands to work out the odds of you winning or losing. Have fun letting your friends know that they made a less than optimal move against you in a home game.
- All Texas Holdem hands have 47 unseen cards after the flop and 46 after the turn. The chart is nothing more than the number of outs and these two unseen cards amounts, expressed in different ways. Those on mobile devices or tablets may wish to view the holdem after flop outs odds chart in high quality.pdf format.
- There are three concepts that guide pre-flop play: Equity, implied odds and position. Equity can be seen as how much of the pot your hand is worth (i.e. The better your hand, the bigger your equity).
- What are the odds of me hitting. Based on the probability of how many ways particular hands that can be dealt at a table with seven cards from a 52 card deck, the way that you want to play your combinations is to achieve the higher ranking hands where probabilities aren't out of the range of 'realistic'.
For those unfamiliar with outs, an 'out' is the term used in the after-flop betting rounds to describe any card among the unseen cards in the deck that can substantially improve the value of your hand on the next card turned up.
For example, if after the flop you happen to have a total of four hearts, then your hand has nine 'outs' because there are nine of the original thirteen hearts still left in the unseen remaining deck. A much weaker draw hand would be for example, an inside straight. This hand only has four outs because the only cards left in the deck that can complete the straight would be the four cards of the missing denomination.
Of course, the more outs you have the better chance you have of making a strong hand. This chart offers some extra ways to look at and evaluate those chances. All Texas Holdem hands have 47 unseen cards after the flop and 46 after the turn. The chart is nothing more than the number of outs and these two unseen cards amounts, expressed in different ways.
Those on mobile devices or tablets may wish to view the holdem after flop outs odds chart in high quality .pdf format.
It might be interesting for you to note that when you double the number of outs, you get a number that is approximately the expected hit percentage of a single draw to your hand. For example, 8 outs equals about 16% (actually 17.02%) and 12 outs equals about 24% (actually 25.53%). You might find similar references or comparisons that you can use.
-What are the odds of me hitting...
Based on the probability of how many ways particular hands that can be dealt at a table with seven cards from a 52 card deck, the way that you want to play your combinations is to achieve the higher ranking hands where probabilities aren't out of the range of 'realistic'. You also don't want to be playing hands that are far too common and can be easily beaten.
Hand | 7 cards |
Straight Flush | 41,584 |
Four of a Kind | 224,848 |
Full House | 3,473,184 |
Flush | 4,047,644 |
Straight | 6,180,020 |
Three of a Kind | 6,461,620 |
Two Pair | 31,433,400 |
One Pair | 58,627,800 |
High Card | 23,294,460 |
Looking down the chart which is arranged from the highest possible made hand to the lowest hand, you see that there is a large mathematical leap between ways that a four-of-a kind hand and a full house can be dealt with seven cards. The range of realistically catching better than a full house comes to a screeching halt. There is another large gap between three-of-a-kind and two pair.
Odds Of Hitting Poker Hands Games
The starting hand combination strategy used for winning seven card stud hands, promotes aspiring to achieve the median; three of a kind or better. The odds of catching the median hands differ depending on how many players are at a table, how many players continue on to later betting rounds, and the type of hands that any player at a table is striving to achieve.
In my experience at fully seated low-stakes tables, it is not uncommon that players are using combinations that will make two pair or better. When playing for two pair, naturally you will want to have the highest two pair, and strategy is adjusted accordingly.
The table below shows odds for flushes and straights. You can determine your odds based on the number of persons in a multi-way pot. For example, if you have one card to draw to a flush, your best odds to catch your flush is to have 4-5 people calling bets. Straights happen most often at stud hi/low tables because there are so many people in the hand at a time, more closely matching the odds needed to catch that particular hand.
Odds Of Hitting Poker Hands
Draw one card with | Odds |
Four cards to a flush | 1 in 4.5 |
Double open-ended straight | 1 in 5 |
Open-ended straight (1 end) | 1 in 11 |
Inside Straight | 1 in 11 |
Double open-ended straight flush | 1 in 23 |
Open-ended straight flush (1 end) | 1 in 46 |
Inside Straight Flush | 1 in 46 |
Rolled up with 3-of-a-kind | 40% chance of improvement to a full house by the river. |
More information on hand odds is available here.