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Note: All odds tables at Poker1.com were personally calculated by Mike Caro, unless otherwise specified. Many were done in the early 1970s and included in the original Doyle Brunson Super/System — A Course in Power Poker, first published in 1978.
At the time of publication, there were few, if any, reliable sources for poker odds. The 50 often-cited tables stood the test of time and remain unchallenged to this day.
Index of all poker odds tables
TABLE 1 — Five-card draw:
Probability of being dealt specific hands before the draw
(53-card deck — including joker)
|
The probability of being dealt… (before the draw) |
Expressed in percent (%) is… |
The odds against it are… |
Number of possible combos |
|
5 ACES |
0.00* |
2,869,684 to 1 |
1 |
|
STRAIGHT-FLUSH Royal Flush Other Straight Flush |
0.01 0.00** 0.01 |
14,066 to 1 119,569 to 1 15,942 to 1 |
204 24 180 |
|
FOUR-OF-A-KIND |
0.03 |
3,465 to 1 |
828 |
|
FULL HOUSE |
0.15 |
656 to 1 |
4,368 |
|
FLUSH |
0.27 |
367 to 1 |
7,804 |
|
STRAIGHT |
0.71 |
139 to 1 |
20,532 |
|
THREE-OF-A-KIND 3 Aces Three-of-a-kind (Large: K’s – 8’s) Three-of-a-kind (Small: 7’s – 2’s) |
2.21 0.37 0.92
0.92 |
44.3 to 1 271 to 1 108 to 1
108 to 1 |
63,360 10,560 26,400
26,400 |
|
TWO-PAIR Aces-up K-up, Q-up, J-up Small Two-Pair (Tens-up and under) |
4.83 1.10 1.69 2.03 |
19.7 to 1 89.6 to 1 58.0 to 1 48.2 to 1 |
138,600 31,680 48,600 58,320 |
|
ONE PAIR |
42.34 |
1.36 to 1 |
1,215,024 |
|
PAIR OF A,K,Q,J (Openers) Aces Kings Queens Jacks |
14.19 4.81 3.13 3.13 3.13 |
6.05 to 1 19.8 to 1 31.0 to 1 31.0 to 1 31.0 to 1 |
407,184 137,904 89,760 89,760 89,760 |
|
SHORTS Shorts (Large: 10’s – 7’s) Shorts (Small: 6’s – 2’s) |
28.15 12.51 15.64 |
2.55 to 1 6.99 to 1 5.39 to 1 |
807,840 359,040 448,800 |
Note: All tables in this series follow the same logical construction; however tables 1 through 4 are formatted slightly differently. This is an experimental application of the new Poker1 typography and may eventually be applied to the other tables.