Starting hand odds & Online Poker Odds
The probability of being dealt various starting hands can be explicitly calculated. A starting hand contains 2 out of a possible 52 cards, so the total number of possible starting hands is
Here are the probabilities of being dealt various types of starting hands.
Hand |
Frequency |
Probability |
Odds |
Any pocket pair |
78 |
.0588 |
16 : 1 |
AA (or any specific pair) |
6 |
.00452 |
220 : 1 |
AA, KK, or QQ |
18 |
.0136 |
72.7 : 1 |
AA, KK, QQ, JJ, or TT |
30 |
.0226 |
43.2 : 1 |
AK (or any specific no pair) |
16 |
.0121 |
81.9 : 1 |
Any 2 cards with rank at least J |
120 |
.0905 |
10.1 : 1 |
Any 2 cards with rank at least T |
190 |
.143 |
5.98 : 1 |
Any 2 cards with rank at least 9 |
276 |
.208 |
3.80 : 1 |
Suited cards |
312 |
.235 |
3.25 : 1 |
Connected cards |
208 |
.157 |
5.38 : 1 |
Suited connectors |
52 |
.0392 |
24.5 : 1 |
AKs, KQs, QJs, or JTs |
16 |
.0121 |
81.9 : 1 |
Suited cards, T or better |
40 |
.0302 |
32.1 : 1 |
Connected cards, T or better |
64 |
.0483 |
19.7 : 1 |
Not connected nor suited, at least one 2-9 |
708 |
.534 |
7 : 8 |
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