Texas Holdem Poker is a great game. The odds of making a royal flush are really low but it is exciting to look at the figures. The odds of having an opponent having a better pair than you before the flop in Texas Hold'em depend on your pair and the number of opponents you face. The probabilities range from 0.49% (you have kings against one opponent) to 42% (deuces against 9 opponents). The odds of flopping a flush when you have two suited cards is 1 in 118, but even when you do flop a flush, you have to be careful that your flush holds up for the rest of the hand. Any player with a higher card of the same suit as your flush has a little more than a 2:1 chance of hitting another card on the turn or river to beat you.
For those unfamiliar with outs, an 'out' is the term used in the after-flop betting rounds to describe any card among the unseen cards in the deck that can substantially improve the value of your hand on the next card turned up.
For example, if after the flop you happen to have a total of four hearts, then your hand has nine 'outs' because there are nine of the original thirteen hearts still left in the unseen remaining deck. A much weaker draw hand would be for example, an inside straight. This hand only has four outs because the only cards left in the deck that can complete the straight would be the four cards of the missing denomination.
Of course, the more outs you have the better chance you have of making a strong hand. This chart offers some extra ways to look at and evaluate those chances. All Texas Holdem hands have 47 unseen cards after the flop and 46 after the turn. The chart is nothing more than the number of outs and these two unseen cards amounts, expressed in different ways.
Those on mobile devices or tablets may wish to view the holdem after flop outs odds chart in high quality .pdf format.
It might be interesting for you to note that when you double the number of outs, you get a number that is approximately the expected hit percentage of a single draw to your hand. For example, 8 outs equals about 16% (actually 17.02%) and 12 outs equals about 24% (actually 25.53%). You might find similar references or comparisons that you can use.
These odds are a must know if you want to advance your game to a high level. For exact odds you can check out our poker hand odds calculator. We rounded the number to the nearest decimal for you.
You should know what beats what in poker before trying to apply these odds or playing like you see poker on tv and in commercials.
Scenarios – Chances of Having Certain Hands | Examples | Probability | ||
Chances of Being Dealt | ||||
Pair | 6h 6d | 6% | ||
Suited Cards | Ah 10h | 24% | ||
Connecting Suits | 2d 3d | 4% | ||
Aces or Kings | AA KK | .9% | ||
Ace King | AhKs | 1.2% | ||
Ace King Suited | AhKh | .3% | ||
An Ace | A3 | 16% | ||
Cards Jacks or Higher not Paired | KJ | 9% | ||
Not Suited & Not Connected | 9h 4s | .9% | ||
Bad Beats | ||||
Bad Beat ex: Aces vs Kings heads up | AA vs KK | .004% | ||
Chances of Hitting on Flop | ||||
Pocket Pair Into A Set | JJ into JJJ | 8% | ||
Pair Turning Into A Set On Turn | 4% | |||
Hitting Pair on Flop | 32% | |||
Flopping Four To Flush-You hold 6h7h-flop comes-> | Ah Kh 2s | 11% | ||
Chances of Board Coming All Same | 5h 5s 5d | .004% | ||
Number of Players To Flop Odds | ||||
Situation – Chances someone hit top pair on board | ||||
5 players see flop | 58% | |||
4 players see flop | 47% | |||
3 player see flop | 35% | |||
2 player see flop | 23% | |||
After Flop – Chances of Making Hand | ||||
Making open straight – You hold 67 Flop comes 8,9,2 | turn 10 | 34% | ||
Two pair to full house – You- 47 Board 4,7,10 Turn –> | 7 | 17% | ||
Hitting A Gut Shot Straight | 17% | |||
Backdoor Flush – You have 1 spade – Board 2s4h8s | 10s 7s | 4% | ||
Runner Runner Straight | 1.5% | |||
Hitting Either Gut Shot Straight or Backdoor Flush | 21% | |||
Pairing An Ace on Turn or River | 13% | |||
Before Any Cards Are Dealt – Chances of Getting | ||||
Royal Flush (All Spades) | AKQJ10 | .0002% | ||
Straight Flush (Any same suits) | 56789 | .0012% | ||
Four of a Kind (Quads) | 5555K | .0239% | ||
Full House (Boat) | 33322 | .144% | ||
Flush (all same suit) =>all hearts | 37K48 | .19% | ||
Straight | 34567 | .35% | ||
Three of a Kind | 555AK | 2.11% | ||
Two Pair | AAKK2 | 4.7% | ||
One Pair | 77253 | 42% | ||
Don’t catch anything | 2854K | 50% |
Why Odds Matter To any good Texas Holdem players these odds come naturally. They may not know the exact percentage but they instinctively know their odds. Referencing this table is a great way to understand your percentages if you are a new player or if you want to calculate your pot odds.
We developed what we believe are the best formulas for calculating pot odds that you will find on the internet. It is the same way the pros calculate their pot odds and we also simplified it for those of you who are not that good at math. Check out the Pot Odds section.