Poker odds 05: 5-draw + joker, two cards to trips (b)

Saturday
April 17, 2010

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.

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TABLE 5 – Five-card draw:
Drawing two to three-of-a-kind
Making specific hands or better
(53-card deck – including joker)

A) You draw two to a K♠ K♣ K♦, discarding 3♦ 2♥…
The probability that you will make at least… Expressed in percent (%) is… The odds against it are… Number of possible combos
4-Kings 4.17 23 to 1 47
Kings-Full 10.37 8.64 to 1 117
No Help 89.63 0.12 to 1 1,011
B) You draw two to A♣ A♥ A♠, discarding 3♦ 2♣… 
The probability that you will make at least… Expressed in percent (%) is… The odds against it are… Number of possible combos
5-Aces 0.09 1,127 to 1 1
4-Aces 8.24 11.1 to 1 93
Aces-Full  14.10 6.09 to 1 159
No Help 85.90 0.16 to 1 969

Number of possible outcomes: 1,128