How Good Is Your Starting Hand ? - Pre Flop Odds

March 20, 2007 by ozpoker
Filed under Poker Strategy

Flop Odds For Common Starting Hands

Whether you like it or not much of poker is about odds and probabilities. Here’s the common flop odds for most hands. Obviously the implication is that chasing those elusive hands too often will seriously affect your financial health.

Common odds when holding unpaired hole cards

flopping one pair by pairing a hole card 26.939%

flopping two pair by pairing a hole card and pairing on the board 2.02%

flopping two pair by pairing each of your hole cards 2.02%

flopping trips by flopping two cards to one hole card 1.347%

flopping a full house, trips of one hole card and pairing the other 0.092%

flopping four of a kind, three cards to one of your hole cards 0.01%

Common odds when holding paired hole cards

flopping two pair by pairing the board 16.163%

flopping trips by flopping a set for your pocket pair 10.775%

flopping a full house, a set to your hole pair and pairing the board 0.735%

flopping a full house, by the board tripping up 0.245%

flopping four of a kind, two cards to your hole pair 0.245%

Common odds when holding two unsuited cards

flopping a four flush 2.245%

Common odds when holding two suited cards

flopping a flush (including the slight chance of a straight flush in some cases) 0.842%

flopping a four flush 10.944%

Common odds when holding connectors from 54 to JTf

flopping a straight (including the slight chance of a straight flush in some cases) 1.306%

flopping an 8 out straight draw* 10.449%

Common odds when holding one gapped connectors from 53 to QT

flopping a straight (including the slight chance of a straight flush in some cases) 0.980%

flopping an 8 out straight draw* 8.08% **

Common odds when holding two gapped connectors from 52 to KT

flopping a straight (including the slight chance of a straight flush in some cases) 0.653%

flopping an 8 out straight draw* 5.224% **

Common odds when holding three gapped connectors from A5 to AT

flopping a straight (including the slight chance of a straight flush in some cases) 0.327%

flopping an 8 out straight draw* 2.612% ***

* An 8 out straight draw includes open ended straight draws and double barrelled gut shots.
** The odds are 0.327% less for the combinations on the edge as they have one less opportunity for a double barrelled gut shot.
*** Only the 95 and T6 three gappers have the posted 8 out draws, all the other three gappers have a lower chance. The closer the three gapper is to the edge, the lower the chance.