• In order to use pot odds effectively, a poker player combines the context of the situation with the odds at hand. It also allows one to manipulate the pot odds and enforce errors on the part of your opponents – a key skill requirement. Let’s look at an example of how pot odds could be used for important decision making.
• Jan 20, 2021 Follow these hand charts and learn how to play your starting hands at Texas Holdem. The charts below will give you a great starting point on how to play your starting hands. For all of you beginners, we recommend consulting these charts will playing online. We provide 4 separate charts depending on where you are seated relative to the dealer.
• The Texas Hold’em odds of how likely hands are to unfold after the flop will help guide almost every action you make on the flop Odds On the Flop in Texas Hold’em. The flop is the turning point of a Hold’em hand. This is where you’re going to make your biggest and most expensive decisions.
• The odds in this Texas Hold'em odds table are unlikely to directly help your overall strategy, but they are pretty interesting nonetheless. The Texas Hold'em odds for each of the different situations have been given in both percentage and ratio odds, so use whichever format.

Introduction

Texas Hold’em Odds Calculator Instructions. To use the calculator, first select your Hole cards. Then you have the option to select the Table cards or community. This is optional. Then you may select any Dead cards. This step is also optional. Now click in the Against section, and select the hands within your opponent’s range.

Rules

1. A single 52-card deck is used. All cards count as its poker value. Aces may be high or low.
2. One player is designated as the dealer, usually with a laminated marker. This person does not have to physically deal the game. However it is important that a symbolic dealer position rotate around the table.
3. The player to the dealer's left must make a 'small blind' bet. The player to the left of the small blind must make a 'big blind' bet. The amounts of both blinds should be specified in advance. The purpose of the blinds is to get the ball rolling with some money in the pot.
4. Two cards shall be dealt down to each player, starting with the person to the dealer's left.
5. The player to the left of the big blind must either call or raise the big blind bet. The play in turn will go around the table according to normal poker rules, which I assume the reader already knows. Table rules will specify any limits on the size or number of allowed raises.
6. The small blind may also raise the big blind. If nobody raises the big blind the player making the big blind has the option to raise his own bet. The term for this is the 'big blind option.'
7. Three community cards will be dealt face up in the center of the table. This is called the 'flop.'
8. Another round of betting will ensue, starting with the player to the dealer's left.
9. A fourth community card will be dealt face up in the center of the table. This card is called the 'turn.'
10. Another round of betting will ensue, starting with the player to the dealer's left. Generally the minimum bet is double the first two rounds of betting.
11. A fifth and final community card will be dealt face up in the center of the table. This card is called the 'river.'
12. Another round of betting will ensue, starting with the player to the dealer's left. The minimum bet is generally the same as the previous round.

13. Each player still in the game at the end will determine the highest poker value among his own two cards and the five community cards. It is NOT a requirement that the player use both of his own cards. The player with the hand of highest poker value shall win. Following are the hand rankings.

    1. Straight flush: Five consecutive and suited cards. For example 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
    2. Four of a kind: Four cards of the same rank, plus any fifth card. For example Q, Q, Q, Q ,4.
    3. Full house: Three of a kind and a pair. For example 6, 6, 6, J , J.
    4. Flush: Any five cards of the same suit, except for a higher ranking straight flush. For example A, Q, 8, 4 , 3.
    5. Straight: Five consecutive cards, except for a higher ranking straight flush. For example 8, 9, 10, J, Q.
    6. Three of a kind: Three cards of the same rank, plus any other two cards. For example 5, 5, 5, Q ,2 .
    7. Two pair: Two pairs, plus any fifth card. For example 8, 8, 2, 2 ,Q .
    8. Pair: A pair and any other three cards. For example 7, 7, 2, 5 ,A .
    9. ? High: Any five cards that do not form any higher poker hand. A king high hand for example might be K, Q, 7, 5 ,4 .
14. If two or more players have poker values of the same rank then the individual cards will be used to break the tie. If necessary all five cards will be considered.
15. I get asked a lot whether the two unused cards in a player's hand are used to break a tie. The answer is a firm NO. The two unused cards do not matter.
16. If a new player arrives at the table he should either wait for the big blind position or put up an amount equal to the big blind, amounting to a call of the big blind.
17. If a bet is made after another player runs out of money, then a separate pot is created. The player that ran out of money is not eligible to win the second pot. If more than one player runs out of money then multiple separate pots can be created.
18. In formal games players may not bet with cash or buy chips with cash in the middle of a hand.
19. There are numerous rules of etiquette, which I won't get into.
20. There house may set the betting rules. There are three main types. A 'structured' game features raises of specified amounts. For example a '3/6 game' would mean that raises after the deal and flop are $3, and after the turn and river are $6. There is usually a limit to the number of raises a player may make, typically three. A 'pot limit' game has structured minimum raises but the maximum raise may be anything up to the amount in the pot at the time the raise is made. A 'no limit' game also has structured minimum raises but there is no maximum raise.

Examples

Example 1

Board: A, 2, 4, 5, 6
Player 1: J, 6
Player 2: 7, Q

Player 1 wins. Both have an ace high flush, so the second highest card is considered. Player 1's jack beats player 2's 7. The only way to have a flush tie is if the flush is entirely on the board and no hole cards are higher than the lowest card on the board in the same suit.

Texas Holdem Hands Chart

Example 2

Board: J, A, 7, 5, 6
Player 1: 2, J
Player 2: 10, J

Player 2 wins. Both have a pair of jacks so the singletons are considered. High highet singleton in both hands is an ace so the second highest singleton is considered. Player 1's second highest singleton is a 7, compared to player 2's 10. A 10 beats a 7 so player 2 wins.

Example 3

Board: A, A, K, Q, J
Player 1: Q, J
Player 2: Q, 2

Tie. Both have a two pair of aces and queens, with a king singleton. Some people incorrectly believe that in such cases the unused cards are considered, in this case player 1's pair of jacks beating player 2's jack/2. Only the top five cards matter. The jacks and deuce are irrelevant.

One of the most important aspects of Texas Hold'em is the value of each two-card hand before the flop. The decision of how to play your first two cards is something you face every hand, and the value of your first two cards is highly correlated to your probability of winning.

Texas Hold'em Odds And Probabilities

The following table shows my power rating for each initial 2-card hand in a 10-player game. The numbers are on a 0 to 40 scale. Basically, you should only play hands that are dark green, blue, or purple. Of course you should be more be more liberal in late position and picky in early position. If forced I would say you should need 10 points in late position and 19 points in early position to call the big blind. If your table is loose, as if often the case online, you can play a bit looser yourself.

Use the top table if you have a pair, the middle table if your cards are suited, and the bottom table if your cards are unsuited. Except for a pair,look up your high card along the left and your low card along the top.

Following are the links to my tables of the value of each intial hand according to the number of players. The 10-player section explains the methodology for creating the table table.

Pot Odds

The following table shows the probability of making various hands after the flop and the correct 'pot odds.' The pot odds are the breakeven ratio of money in the pot to the amount you have to bet for the player to be indifferent about calling, assuming the player would definitely win if he makes the hand (a big if) and there are no additional bets (another big if). This table is a good starting point the player should make mental adjustments for the probability of winning without making the hand, losing with making the hand, and expected future bets. The odds of a two pair improving to a full house are the same as those for four to an inside straight.

Pot Odds — After Flop

Hand	Probability of Making Hand	Pot Odds
Four to a flush	34.97%	1.86
Four to an outside straight	31.45%	2.18
Four to an inside straight	16.47%	5.07

The next table shows the pot odds after the turn.

No Limit Texas Hold'em Odds

Pot Odds — After Turn

Hand	Probability of Making Hand	Pot Odds
4 to a flush	19.57%	4.11
4 to an outside straight	17.39%	4.75
4 to an inside straight	8.70%	10.50

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Internal Links

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Texas Holdem Odds

Written by:Michael Shackleford

Example drawing to	Outs	Make on turn		Make on river		Make on turn or river
Prob.	Odds	Prob.	Odds	Prob.	Odds
Inside straight flush; Four of a kind	1	0.0213	46.0-1	0.0217	45.0-1	0.0426	22.5-1
Open-ended straight flush; Three of a kind	2	0.0426	22.5-1	0.0435	22.0-1	0.0842	10.9-1
High pair	3	0.0638	14.7-1	0.0652	14.3-1	0.1249	7.01-1
Inside straight; Full house	4	0.0851	10.8-1	0.0870	10.5-1	0.1647	5.07-1
Three of a kind or two pair	5	0.1064	8.40-1	0.1087	8.20-1	0.2035	3.91-1
Either pair	6	0.1277	6.83-1	0.1304	6.67-1	0.2414	3.14-1
Full house or four of a kind; (see note) Inside straight or high pair	7	0.1489	5.71-1	0.1522	5.57-1	0.2784	2.59-1
Open-ended straight	8	0.1702	4.88-1	0.1739	4.75-1	0.3145	2.18-1
Flush	9	0.1915	4.22-1	0.1957	4.11-1	0.3497	1.86-1
Inside straight or pair	10	0.2128	3.70-1	0.2174	3.60-1	0.3839	1.60-1
Open-ended straight or high pair	11	0.2340	3.27-1	0.2391	3.18-1	0.4172	1.40-1
Inside straight or flush; Flush or high pair	12	0.2553	2.92-1	0.2609	2.83-1	0.4496	1.22-1
13	0.2766	2.62-1	0.2826	2.54-1	0.4810	1.08-1
Open-ended straight or pair	14	0.2979	2.36-1	0.3043	2.29-1	0.5116	0.955-1
Open-ended straight or flush; Flush or pair; Inside straight, flush or high pair	15	0.3191	2.13-1	0.3261	2.07-1	0.5412	0.848-1
16	0.3404	1.94-1	0.3478	1.88-1	0.5698	0.755-1
17	0.3617	1.76-1	0.3696	1.71-1	0.5976	0.673-1
Inside straight or flush or pair; Open-ended straight, flush or high pair	18	0.3830	1.61-1	0.3913	1.56-1	0.6244	0.601-1
19	0.4043	1.47-1	0.4130	1.42-1	0.6503	0.538-1
20	0.4255	1.35-1	0.4348	1.30-1	0.6753	0.481-1
Open-ended straight, flush or pair	21	0.4468	1.24-1	0.4565	1.19-1	0.6994	0.430-1