Pre-flop hand percentages
Percentage that before the flop, no one else hold:
| An Ace (10 handed game) | 13.4% |
| An Ace if you do (10 handed game) | 25.3% |
| An Ace if you don’t (10 handed game) | 15.6% |
| An Ace (5 handed game) | 41.3% |
| An Ace if you do (5 handed game) | 58.6% |
| An Ace if you don’t (5 handed game) | 48.6% |
Odds that you will be dealt a specific hand
Hand Odds
The table below list the odds that you will be dealt:
| Hand | Odds |
| AA | 220-1 |
| Any pair in the pocket | 16-1 |
| AK (suited) | 331-1 |
| AK (not suited) | 110-1 |
| Any two suited cards | 3.25-1 |
| Any pair or an Ace | 3.91-1 |
| At least one Ace | 5.7-1 |
| Any 2 suited & connected | 26.6-1 |
169 Ranked Texas Hold’em Hands
169 Ranked Two Card Hold’em Hands
In Texas Hold’em there are exactly 1326 different ways you can be dealt any two cards in the deck. Considering the Jack of hearts and the 2 of diamonds (Jh2d) is same hand as the Jack of diamonds and 2 of hearts (Jd2h) then there are 169 possible combinations of hands.
The hand table below list all 169 combinations, hand ranking, and percent to win against a table of 9. On the web you’ll see a variation of hand rankings. Some sites and pros rank AK higher than pocket tens and vise versa. The list below is most likely outdated but I still use it for a reference. In the future I’ll try to feed in the hand combinations into PokerStove and see what kind of rankings they have. Also, any additions, comments, mistakes, or updates please email me.
| Rank | Hand | Win % |
| 1 | AA | 31.00% |
| 2 | KK | 26.00% |
| 3 | 22.00% | |
| 4 | Aks | 20.20% |
| 5 | JJ | 19.10% |
| 6 | AQs | 18.70% |
| 7 | KQs | 18.10% |
| 8 | AJs | 17.50% |
| 9 | KJs | 17.10% |
| 10 | TT | 16.80% |
| 11 | AKo | 16.70% |
| 12 | ATs | 16.60% |
| 13 | QJs | 16.60% |
| 14 | KTs | 16.10% |
| 15 | QTs | 15.80% |
| 16 | JTs | 15.80% |
| 17 | 99 | 15.30% |
| 18 | AQo | 14.90% |
| 19 | A9s | 14.60% |
| 20 | KQo | 14.40% |
| 21 | 88 | 14.20% |
| 22 | K9s | 14.20% |
| 23 | T9s | 14.10% |
| 24 | A8s | 13.90% |
| 25 | Q9s | 13.80% |
| 26 | J9s | 13.80% |
| 27 | AJo | 13.50% |
| 28 | A5s | 13.40% |
| 29 | 77 | 13.40% |
| 30 | A7s | 13.40% |
| 31 | KJo | 13.20% |
| 32 | A4s | 13.20% |
| 33 | A3s | 13.10% |
| 34 | A6s | 13.00% |
| 35 | QJo | 12.90% |
| 36 | 66 | 12.80% |
| 37 | K8s | 12.80% |
| 38 | T8s | 12.70% |
| 39 | A2s | 12.70% |
| 40 | 98s | 12.60% |
| 41 | J8s | 12.50% |
| 42 | ATo | 12.40% |
| 43 | Q8s | 12.40% |
| 44 | K7s | 12.20% |
| 45 | KTo | 12.20% |
| 46 | 55 | 12.20% |
| 47 | JTo | 12.10% |
| 48 | 87s | 12.00% |
| 49 | QTo | 12.00% |
| 50 | 44 | 11.90% |
| 51 | 22 | 11.90% |
| 52 | 33 | 11.90% |
| 53 | K6s | 11.80% |
| 54 | 97s | 11.70% |
| 55 | K5s | 11.60% |
| 56 | 76s | 11.50% |
| 57 | T7s | 11.50% |
| 58 | K4s | 11.40% |
| 59 | K2s | 11.30% |
| 60 | K3s | 11.30% |
| 61 | Q7s | 11.20% |
| 62 | 86s | 11.20% |
| 63 | 65s | 11.10% |
| 64 | J7s | 11.10% |
| 65 | 54s | 10.90% |
| 66 | Q6s | 10.90% |
| 67 | 75s | 10.70% |
| 68 | 96s | 10.70% |
| 69 | Q5s | 10.60% |
| 70 | 64s | 10.40% |
| 71 | Q4s | 10.40% |
| 72 | Q3s | 10.40% |
| 73 | T9o | 10.40% |
| 74 | T6s | 10.30% |
| 75 | Q2s | 10.30% |
| 76 | A9o | 10.20% |
| 77 | 53s | 10.20% |
| 78 | 85s | 10.10% |
| 79 | J6s | 10.10% |
| 80 | J9o | 10.00% |
| 81 | K9o | 9.90% |
| 82 | J5s | 9.90% |
| 83 | Q9o | 9.80% |
| 84 | 43s | 9.80% |
| 85 | 74s | 9.70% |
| 86 | J4s | 9.70% |
| 87 | J3s | 9.60% |
| 88 | 95s | 9.60% |
| 89 | J2s | 9.50% |
| 90 | 63s | 9.50% |
| 91 | A8o | 9.40% |
| 92 | 52s | 9.30% |
| 93 | T5s | 9.20% |
| 94 | 84s | 9.10% |
| 95 | T4s | 9.10% |
| 96 | T3s | 9.10% |
| 97 | 42s | 9.00% |
| 98 | T2s | 9.00% |
| 99 | 98o | 9.00% |
| 100 | T8o | 8.90% |
| 101 | A5o | 8.90% |
| 102 | A7o | 8.80% |
| 103 | 73s | 8.80% |
| 104 | A4o | 8.70% |
| 105 | 32s | 8.70% |
| 106 | 94s | 8.70% |
| 107 | 93s | 8.50% |
| 108 | J8o | 8.50% |
| 109 | A3o | 8.50% |
| 110 | 62s | 8.50% |
| 111 | 92s | 8.50% |
| 112 | K8o | 8.50% |
| 113 | A6o | 8.40% |
| 114 | 87o | 8.40% |
| 115 | Q8o | 8.30% |
| 116 | 83s | 8.20% |
| 117 | A2o | 8.20% |
| 118 | 82s | 8.10% |
| 119 | 97o | 8.00% |
| 120 | 72s | 7.90% |
| 121 | 76o | 7.90% |
| 122 | K7o | 7.90% |
| 123 | 65o | 7.60% |
| 124 | T7o | 7.50% |
| 125 | K6o | 7.50% |
| 126 | 86o | 7.40% |
| 127 | 54o | 7.40% |
| 128 | K5o | 7.10% |
| 129 | J7o | 7.10% |
| 130 | 75o | 7.00% |
| 131 | Q7o | 7.00% |
| 132 | K4o | 7.00% |
| 133 | K3o | 6.90% |
| 134 | 96o | 6.80% |
| 135 | K2o | 6.80% |
| 136 | 64o | 6.80% |
| 137 | Q6o | 6.60% |
| 138 | 53o | 6.60% |
| 139 | 85o | 6.30% |
| 140 | T6o | 6.30% |
| 141 | Q5o | 6.30% |
| 142 | 43o | 6.20% |
| 143 | Q4o | 6.10% |
| 144 | Q3o | 6.10% |
| 145 | 74o | 6.00% |
| 146 | Q2o | 6.00% |
| 147 | J6o | 5.90% |
| 148 | 63o | 5.70% |
| 149 | J5o | 5.60% |
| 150 | 95o | 5.60% |
| 151 | 52o | 5.60% |
| 152 | J4o | 5.50% |
| 153 | J3o | 5.40% |
| 154 | 42o | 5.40% |
| 155 | J2o | 5.30% |
| 156 | 84o | 5.30% |
| 157 | T5o | 5.20% |
| 158 | T4o | 5.00% |
| 159 | 32o | 5.00% |
| 160 | T3o | 5.00% |
| 161 | 73o | 4.90% |
| 162 | T2o | 4.90% |
| 163 | 62o | 4.70% |
| 164 | 94o | 4.70% |
| 165 | 93o | 4.50% |
| 166 | 92o | 4.50% |
| 167 | 83o | 4.30% |
| 168 | 82o | 4.20% |
| 169 | 72o | 4.00% |
o – offsuit
s – suited
Premium Hands
If you’re new to the game of Texas Hold’em there is one sure way to increase your chances of winning a pot. That is only entering a hand with a “Premium Hand”.
What is a “Premium Hand” you might ask?
Basically, it consists of the tops rated starting cards that has been shown to statically beat a majority of the other cards pre-flop.
Here is the list:
A-A
K-K
Q-Q
J-J
T-T
A-K
That’s basically it in a nutshell. However, depending on whom you talk to or what you read; the above starting hands will slightly change.
In my experience, if you sit around the table and wait on one of those hands you’ll most likely never enter a pot. So, here are a few variations of the list above:
A-A
K-K
Q-Q
J-J
T-T
A-K
9-9
8-8
7-7
Or
A-A
K-K
Q-Q
J-J
T-T
A-K
A-Q
A-J
9-9
8-8
7-7
By limiting that hands you enter only to premium hands you will vastly increase your success as a hold’em player. This is the most basic step a beginning hold’em player can do to improve there game.
On a side note:
You can go rounds and rounds with out ever getting a starting hand. That’s just cards. Roughly 221 times (I think that’s the number) will you ever be dealt A-A. So, if you are an individual that lacks the patience to wait on decent starting hands then poker might not be for you.
However, later on I will write an article that will discuss how to expand your starting hand criteria depending on the situation you are in.
Read More
