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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 2 — Five-card draw:
Probability of being dealt specific hands OR BETTER 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 |
13,997 to 1 114,786 to 1 13,997 to 1 |
205 25 205 |
|
FOUR-OF-A-KIND |
0.04 |
2,777 to 1 |
1,033 |
|
FULL HOUSE |
0.19 |
530 to 1 |
5,401 |
|
FLUSH |
0.46 |
216 to 1 |
13,205 |
|
STRAIGHT |
1.18 |
84.1 to 1 |
33,737 |
|
THREE-OF-A-KIND 3 Aces Three-of-a-kind (Large: K’s – 8’s) Three-of-a-kind (Small: 7’s – 2’s) |
3.38 1.54 2.46
3.38 |
28.6 to 1 63.8 to 1 39.6 to 1
28.6 to 1 |
97,097 44,297 70,697
97,097 |
|
TWO-PAIR Aces-up K-up, Q-up, J-up Small Two-Pair (Tens-up and under) |
8.21 4.49 6.18 8.21 |
11.2 to 1 21.3 to 1 15.2 to 1 11.2 to 1 |
235, 697 128,777 177,377 235,697 |
|
ONE PAIR |
50.55 |
0.98 to 1 |
1,450,721 |
|
PAIR OF A,K,Q,J (Openers) Aces Kings Queens Jacks |
22.40 13.02 16.15 19.27 22.40 |
3.46 to 1 6.68 to 1 5.19 to 1 4.19 to 1 3.46 to 1 |
642,881 373,601 463,361 553,121 642,881 |
|
SHORTS Shorts (Large: 10’s – 7’s) Shorts (Small: 6’s – 2’s) |
50.55 34.91 50.55 |
0.98 to 1 1.86 to 1 0.98 to 1 |
1,450,721 1,001,921 1,450,721 |
* Actually 0.000035% ** Actually 0.000871%
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.