Online Poker Odds

Betting plays a major role in strategy when playing poker. Therefore in order to play the proper strategy, knowing your odds is a key factor. The following chart outlines fro you the odds in making each hand.

There are just under 2.6 million different hand combinations possible in poker. The chart to the right illustrates which ones are most and least likely to happen. As you can see, the high-ranking hand of Royal Flush is only expected to happen once every 649,740 hands while a low-ranking hand of a single pair should happen about every other hand.

Implied Odds
When you're playing any one of the numerous variations of pot poker, where you and other players vie for the chips in the middle of the table, an important factor that helps determine the odds of making your hand is the implied odds. The implied odds refers to the risk, or chance of getting the card you need, versus amount of money in the pot plus the amount you can expect to get from fellow players. If you believe that there is enough loot in the pot (combined with what other players have yet to contribute) to cover the odds of you making your hand, then it is the right call to proceed with your bet. For example, if you have two pair and need a five or a jack to complete a full house, and you figure the odds of getting one of the remaining fives or jacks to be 8 to 1, then there should be at least eight times your wager sitting in the pot (or thereabouts by the time everybody is done).