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• Hands & Odds

Lets take a look at the odds of getting various hands in Texas Hold’em using the seven cards available.

• Royal Flush

  

  649,739/1 odds for five cards in a sequence, ace high, of the same suit.

• Straight Flush

  

  72,192/1 odds for a Royal Flush without an ace high.

• Four of a kind

  

  4,164/1 odds if you get four cards of the same denomination, and one unmatched card.

• Full House

  

  693/1 odds for three cards of one denomination and two cards of another, such as three Queens and two Kings. This does happen.

• Flush

  

  508/1 odds for five cards that are not all in sequence but are of the same suit. Very nice hand if your opponent is happy to bet against you.

• Straight

  

  254/1 odds for five cards in a sequence but not all of the same suit. Often surprises your opponent, who thinks you are betting on a pair or two pairs.

• Three of a kind

  

  46/1 odds for three cards of the same denomination. Makes you smile when you know your opponent has a pair or two.

• Two pairs

  

  20/1 are good odds when playing against one opponent, who will probably not be able to match you.

• One pair

  

  15/1 odds and you may very well be facing a pair from your opponent. Remember that these odds are for five-card-hands. Given that you have a further two cards to create a good hand, you will very probably have at least a pair.

• Highest card

  

  1/1 odds and you need nerves of steel to win if your hand comes down to having the highest card - even if it is an ace.