POKER ODDS CALCULATOR

Poker is also a game of mathematics and all odds and winning chances can be calculated in a fraction of a second.

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Odds
If an event has n possible outcomes and a particular result has m outcomes, then the probability of the particular result is m/n. The probability of drawing a specific 5-card hand means the division of the number of ways of drawing such a hand by the number of all hands.

Poker is played with a 52 card deck and the total number of 5-card hands is 2,598,960 (the number of combinations of 5 cards chosen from 52 cards).

Odds of 5-card poker hands

Royal Flush - There are only 4 royal flush hands, so that the probability of a royal flush is 4/2,598,960.

Straight Flush - There are 10 different straight flushes of each suit, but the highest type of straight flush is a royal flush, so the probability of getting a straight flush is = (10-1)*4 / 2,598,960 = 36/2,598,960

Four of a Kind - There are 13 possible distinct sets of four of a kind and the 5th card can be any of the other 48 cards, so the probability of four of a kind is = 13*48 / 2,598,960 = 624/2,598,960

Full House - The full house consists of a 3 of a kind (triple) and a pair. There are 4 suits and 13 ranks. Each triple has 3 different suits. The number of all triples of each rank is comb (4;3) = 4. The number of all triples = 4*13 = 52. The number of all pairs of each rank is comb(4;2) = 6. The number of all pairs = 6*12 = 72 (12 = the number all ranks without the rank of the current triple). In the end we get the probability of full house as 52*72 / 2,598,960 = 3,744/2,598,960

Flush - There are 5,148 (comb(13;5)*4) of poker hands in one suit only. We do not want to count the royal flush and the straight flush to this group, so we calculate the probability of getting flush as: 5,148-36-4 / 2,598,960 = 5,108/2,598,960

Straight - There are 10 different straight types, each type starting with the different card rank. Every card of a straight hand can have one of four suits. So the number of all straight hands is = 10*4^5 = 10,240. As royal flush and straight flush are also straights, we get the probability of straights as 10,240 - 4 - 36 / 2,598,960 = 10,200/2,598,960

Three of a Kind - Each triple has 3 different suits out of 4 possible suits. The number of all triples of each rank is comb(4;3) = 4. The number of all triples = 4*13 = 52. The remaining two cards can have any two of the remaining twelve ranks (without having the same rank) and any of the 4 suits. The probability of getting three of a kind is 13*comb (4;3)* comb(12;2)*4*4 = 54,912/2,598,960

Two Pairs - The pairs ranks can be any combination of 2 ranks chosen from all 13 ranks, both pairs can have 2 from all 4 suits. The 5th. card must have a rank not used by pairs and can have any of the 4 suits. The probability of getting two pairs is comb(13;2)*comb(4;2)^2*11*4 = 123,552/2,598,960

One Pair - The pair rank can be any of possible 13 ranks and can have 2 from all of 4 suits. The remaining 3 cards can have any combination of 3 ranks chosen from remaining 12 ranks. Each card of the remaining 3 cards can have any of the 4 suits. The probability of getting one pair is 13*comb(4;2)*comb(12;3)4*4*4 = 1,098,240/2,598,960

High Card - The probability of getting nothing is 1 minus the probability of getting something = 1,302,540/2,598,960

There are 1326 (comb(52;2)) of possible hands in Texas hold'em. After one player receives cards, every opponent can have one of 1225 (comb(50;2)) of possible hands. But the preflop hands can be grouped according to their strength. Example: A pair of aces is the strongest hand and in the beginning each pair of aces has the same winning chance. There are 6 possible pairs of aces. There are three kinds of groups: a pair of X, X/Y suited and X/Y unsuited. So we have 169 groups of hands in Texas hold'em and each hand in the group has the same winning chance in the beginning.

The probability of receiving a pair of aces is 6/1326. But it is much more interesting to know the probability of winning the game with a pair of aces. To calculate the winning chance of a poker hand is not the trivial task. To perform the poker odds calculations you have to use/develop very fast and optimized algorithms, otherwise the calculation will be to slow and not useable despite its accuracy.

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