Well, the odds for that are pretty slim: With two players holding a pocket pair both will hit quads by the river roughly once every 39,000 attempts. Probability of Hitting: An Inside Straight Draw on the Turn or River: Hole Cards: Flop: 16.5%. An Open-Ended Straight Draw on the Turn or River: Hole Cards: Flop: 31.5%. A Flush Draw on the Turn or River: Hole Cards: Flop: 35%. A Flush Draw or Open-Ended Straight Draw on the Turn or River: Hole Cards: Flop: 54.1%. Odds of not catching the open-ended Royal Flush on the river 44/46 Odds of not catching the gutshot Royal Flush on the turn or river = 46/47. 45/46 = 0.9574 or roughly 95.7% Odds of not catching the open-ended Royal Flush on the turn or river = 45/47. 44/46 = 0.9158 or roughly 91.6% Odds of hitting the gutshot Royal Flush by the river = (100. Texas Hold'em Poker Runner-Runner (Backdoor) Odds. When it takes two perfect cards on both the turn and the river to covert an average or weak hand after the flop to a strong one, this should normally qualify as a 'long shot'. Also, 'strong' hands are considered here to be straights and better.

Chances of hitting, flopping and holding certain hands

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 HandsExamplesProbability
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 upAA vs KK

.004%

Chances of Hitting on Flop
Pocket Pair Into A SetJJ 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 Same5h 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 straightYou 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 hearts37K48

.19%

Straight34567

.35%

Three of a Kind555AK

2.11%

Two PairAAKK2

4.7%

One Pair77253

42%

Don’t catch anything2854K

50%

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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.