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
Poker Odds

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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