1. Hole cards of the same rank. For example, a pocket consisting of A-A or 3-3 is a pocket pair. The made hand gives players the edge statistically pre-flop against opponents holding two different hole cards in rank.

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Odds Of Pocket Pair In Texas Holdem Game

You have a 4 in 52 (or 1 in 13) chance to get an initial ace. If you get that first ace, you then have a 3 in 51 (or 1 in 17) chance to get a second ace. That's 1 in (13. 17) or 1/221 chance of getting pocket aces. Your math implies that you know that the other players at your table are. However there is one occasion when the odds favour your pair. Owning Q-Q and being up against A-K, puts you in the single most favourable 'pair vs overcards' situation. At 4:3, or 1.33-1, or a 57.2%, however you label it, you’re quite far away from coin flip territory. Small pocket pairs range from 22 to 66, where any other higher pair would be considered to be a medium or high pocket pair. These low pairs are deceptively strong, and will often land novice players in a lot of trouble if they are over-valued. 48%: Percent to win against most pairs (referred to as a coin flip) 46%: Percent to win against pocket queens and pocket jacks; 34%: Percent chance to win against pocket kings; 12%: Percent chance to win against pocket aces; 1.2%: Chance of getting any ace-king (including suited).8%: Chance of flopping a flush with ace-king suited.

A-A - Bullets, Pocket Rockets, American Airlines
K-K - Cowboys, King King, Ace Magnets
Q-Q - Ladies, Bitches, Siegfried & Roy, Hilton Sisters, Canadian Aces
J-J - Fishhooks, Hooks
T-T - Dimes, Bo Derek, TNT
9-9 - Popeyes, Gretzky, Phil Hellmuth
8-8 - Snowmen, Dog Balls, Racetracks
7-7 - Hockey Sticks, Candy Canes, Sunset Strip
6-6 - Route 66, Cherries
5-5 - Speed Limit, Presto, Nickels
4-4 - Sailboats, Magnum, Dirty Harry
3-3 - Crabs, Treys
2-2 - Ducks, Deuces

Odds Of Pocket Pair In Texas Holdem Rules

Math Time!

The chances of being dealt a pocket pair in Texas hold'em are 5.90%. If you hold a pocket pair, the probability of flopping exactly a set is 10.80%. The chances of flopping quads are .20%.

Related Terms

I want to know the probability of getting a pair after all 5 cards are dealt on the table and assuming that I haven't got a pocket pair. Let's assume that I hold an ace and a king and 50 cards are left. So the probability of getting a pair is: P(getting an ace) + P(getting a king) + P(5 table cards having a pair of anything else than ace or king).

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