Poker can be a fun card game for the family, or a serious competitive game in which the stakes can be so enormous, even selling your house wouldn’t cover the costs.
There are many variations of poker, with Texas Hold ‘Em being the most popular worldwide.
Below are a whole bunch of poker facts and statistics which help you understand the chances of wining and the odds of getting the cards you want.
Did You Know?
A pocket pair is when you get two cards of the same rank, like two sixes or two sevens. This is good because it can help you make a strong hand and win the game!
- The odds of receiving any pocket pair is 5.9% which is 16 to 1. These are also the same odds of receiving a pocket pair of 2’s.
- The odds of receiving a specific pocket pair: 0.45% or 220 to 1 These are the same odds for receiving a pocket pair of A’s.
- The odds of receiving a pocket pair of A’s twice in a row is 0.002047% or 48,840 to 1.
- The odds of receiving a pocket pair of K’s or better is 0.9% which is 220 to 1.
- The odds of receiving a pocket pair of Q’s or better is 1.4% which is 73 to 1.
- The odds of receiving a pocket pair of J’s or better is 1.8% which is 54 to 1.
- The odds of receiving a pocket pair of 10’s or better is 2.3% which is 43 to 1.
- The odds of receiving a pocket pair of 9’s or better is 2.7% which is 36 to 1.
- The odds of receiving a pocket pair of 8’s or better is 3.2% which is 31 to 1.
- The odds of receiving a pocket pair of 7’s or better is 3.6% which is 27 to 1.
- The odds of receiving a pocket pair of 6’s or better is 4.1% which is 24 to 1.
- The odds of receiving a pocket pair of 5’s or better is 4.5% which is 21 to 1.
- The odds of receiving a pocket pair of 4’s or better is 5.0% which is 19 to 1.
- The odds of receiving a pocket pair of 3’s or better is 5.4% which is 17 to 1.
Poker Fast Facts
The total number of possible royal flush hands in a standard 52 card deck is 4.
And the odds of making a royal flush is 649,739 to 1.
This is correct assuming that every game plays to the river.
In poker terms, the river is the name for the fifth card dealt, face-up on the board.
In total, there are 2,598,960 possible poker hands with 52 cards.
The odds of getting four of a kind in Texas Hold ‘Em is 4164 to 1.
Casinos normally change decks after 15 minutes of steady play, so that the cards can always be fresh and unmarked, as many professional players would be able to remember the certain markings on cards and use that to their advantage.
This is only a basic overview of poker odds, there are many calculators online that can help solve the odds of getting certain hands, depending on what stage of the game you’re at, what cards you currently hold and how many people are playing.
Now you are familiar with these odds, you can use them to your advantage for a better poker strategy when you finally decided to play a tournament.
