Poker odds charts come in useful when you want to quickly work out the odds of winning a hand in Texas Hold'em. The most commonly used odds charts are the 'standard poker odds charts' below, which give both the percentage and ratio odds of completing your draw depending on the number of outs you have (see pot odds and drawing hands for more information).
- Texas Holdem Starting Hands Probability Calculator
- Texas Holdem Starting Hands
- Texas Holdem Starting Hands Ranking
The second set of odds charts highlight interesting odds for different situations in Texas Hold'em. These will help you get to grips with the different likelihood's and chances within the game of poker.
Standard poker odds charts.
Types of Starting Hands. By Rich McComas (updated Feb 6, 2004) Below, I have categorized thirteen types of starting hands, in order of their value. The statistics are borrowed from www.pokalyzer.com which has ran 700 billion simulated hands to produce their results. High Pairs (80%ers) A high pair is a pair of Aces, Kings, or Queens. Hands without a number are the weakest starting hands. As a general rule, books on Texas hold'em present hand strengths starting with the assumption of a nine or ten person table. The table below illustrates the concept: Chen formula. The 'Chen Formula' is a way to compute the 'power ratings' of starting hands that was originally developed.
Ratio odds chart.
Texas Holdem Starting Hands Probability Calculator
Other poker odds charts.
All-in odds.
Aces odds.
Why use these odds charts?
There are currently many odds charts on the Internet at numerous poker websites. However many of these can be tricky to use. ThePokerBank provides easy to use charts highlighting the key draws on each, which makes them simple and effective to use during play.
I am confident that these odds charts are the easiest charts that you will ever use.
How to use poker odds charts.
Poker odds charts help you to determine how much you can call when trying to complete a drawing hand, such as a flush or a straight draw. By comparing your pot odds with the odds of completing your draw, you can work out whether or not it will be profitable to call certain sized bets from your opponents.
Poker odds charts are most commonly used when working out pot odds.
It is perfectly possible to work out the odds of completing a draw in your head, but these odds charts make things much easier if you are looking for a quick reference or if you're just starting out. However, over time it is a good idea to learn the most common odds so that you no longer have to refer to any charts whilst you play.
Work out probabilities for yourself.
Don't just take my word for it or settle for the probabilities I've listed on the site, try working out probabilities for yourself. It's not as tricky or mathsy as you might think.
Texas Holdem Starting Hands
My guide on how to work out preflop hand probabilities gives a nice overview on basic starting hand probabilities. For flop probabilities and the likelihood of different combinations of cards on the flop, try the article on working out flop probabilities.
Texas Holdem Starting Hands Ranking
Go back to the handy Texas Hold'em tools.