Poker Starting Hands

[Tonyl31]

interesting and surprising - who worked all this out anyway ?

[scorpio21]

This is good , Letme see if I can use these in my game

[StonedPanda]

haha...cool

[awoods1]

Originally Posted by T_B_H

READ THIS ON THE INTERNET AND THOUGHT I'D SHARE WITH THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED.
ESPECIALLY IF YOUR NEW TO POKER

Poker Starting Hands

In Hold'em, there are 1326 possible combinations that are possible for you to get dealt. This may seem like a lot but when you consider the 52 cards in the pack and KH 7S being one initial hand, it is not really that many. If you listed every possible combination you would find that there are 1326 different possible hands that you could start with but we are not going to go down to that level!
Considering that you have all these combinations, when you consider that so many hands (2 card combinations) are the same- for instance KH 7S is the same as KD 7H, there are actually 169 different hands to start with which are unique. In Texas_Holdem.htm"]Hold'em[/URL] you will get your 2 starting cards which will be one of the 169 possible starting combinations and you will have to decide whether to call, raise or fold your cards. It is important to have a game plan in your head as to which cards you intend to play in certain situations.
We have set out the win rate of each hand when randomly played against any other hand. This guide is intended to give you an indication of how each hand compares in terms of strength against any other card combination.

1.

A-A pair

86.1%

2.

KK pair

74.6%

3.

AKs

68.6%

4.

QQ pair

68.5%

5.

AKu

67.0%

6.

AQs

64.9%

7.

JJ pair

64.4%

8.

10-10 pair

60.8%

9.

AQu

60.5%

10.

AJs

58.6%

11.

99 pair

55.4%

12.

KQs

54.6%

13.

88 pair

51.8%

14.

A-10s

50.7%

15.

AJu

48.9%

16.

KJs

45.3%

17.

QJs

44.2%

18.

A8s

41.5%

19.

K-10s

40.9%

20.

A-9s

40.5%

21.

J-10s

40.0%

22.

Q-10s

39.4%

23.

KQu

39.2%

24.

10-9s

38.3%

25.

A-10u

34.4%

26.

A-7s

33.9%

27.

A-4s

30.6%

28.

A-5s

29.7%

29.

A-6s

29.6%

30.

77 pair

28.6%

31.

J9s

27.9%

32.

66 pair

26.2%

33.

A3s

21.3%

34.

55 pair

20.7%

35.

KJu

20.5%

36.

A2s

20.0%

37.

K9s

20.0%

38.

Q9s

19.1%

39.

A9u

17.4%

40.

QJu

16.8%

41.

A7u

10.2%

42.

A8u

10.0%

43.

A6u

9.9%

44.

98s

9.8%

45.

J8s

9.8%

46.

A4u

9.6%

47.

K8s

9.5%

48.

10-8s

9.5%

49.

A5u

9.4%

50.

J-10u

9.4%

51.

Q-10u

9.3%

52.

K-10u

9.1%

53.

Q9u

8.8%

54.

A2u

8.8%

55.

10-9u

8.8%

56.

K7s

8.6%

57.

A3u

8.5%

58.

K6s

8.4%

59.

J9u

8.4%

60.

10-7s

8.4%

61.

44 pair

8.3%

62.

K9u

8.2%

63.

87s

8.0%

64.

76s

7.2%

65.

97s

5.8%

66.

33 pair

4.5%

67.

Q5s

4.4%

68.

K5s

4.3%

69.

Q8s

4.2%

70.

65s

4.2%

71.

J8u

4.1%

72.

22 pair

4.0%

73.

K3s

4.0%

74.

10-6s

3.9%

75.

K4s

3.9%

76.

10-8u

3.9%

77.

85s

3.9%

78.

74s

3.9%

79.

95s

3.8%

80.

Q7s

3.8%

81.

J7s

3.8%

82.

J3s

3.8%

83.

98u

3.8%

84.

87u

3.8%

85.

53s

3.7%

86.

86s

3.6%

87.

75s

3.6%

88.

64s

3.6%

89.

K2s

3.6%

90.

54s

3.6%

91.

Q8u

3.5%

92.

Q6s

3.5%

93.

J5s

3.5%

94.

K8u

3.4%

95.

97u

3.4%

96.

J4s

3.3%

97.

84s

3.3%

98.

10-5s

3.2%

99.

96s

3.2%

100.

K6u

3.1%

101.

Q2s

3.1%

102.

J6s

3.1%

103.

Q3s

3.0%

104.

Q4s

3.0%

105.

K7u

2.8%

106.

63s

2.4%

107.

73s

2.1%

108.

K2u

1.6%

109.

Q4u

1.6%

110.

43s

1.6%

111.

K4u

1.5%

112.

K3u

1.5%

113.

Q6u

1.5%

114.

Q7u

1.4%

115.

Q5u

1.4%

116.

J2s

1.4%

117.

K5u

1.3%

118.

10-4s

1.3%

119.

10-3s

1.3%

120.

32s

0.7%

121.

94s

0.7%

122.

76u

0.7%

123.

52s

0.6%

124.

10-2s

0.5%

125.

42s

0.5|%

126.

J6u

0.5%

127.

J4u

0.5%

128.

J2u

0.5%

129.

96u

0.5%

130.

85u

0.5%

131.

Q3u

0.4%

132.

J7u

0.4%

133.

10-7u

0.4%

134.

10-5u

0.4%

135.

10-3u

0.4%

136.

92u

0.4%

137.

84u

0.4%

138.

74u

0.4%

139.

72u

0.4%

140.

J5u

0.4%

141.

J3u

0.4%

142.

10-4u

0.4%

143.

92s

0.4%

144.

95u

0.4%

145.

93u

0.4%

146.

83s

0.4%

147.

83u

0.4%

148.

73u

0.4%

149.

54u

0.4%

150.

42u

0.4%

151.

Q2u

0.3%

152.

10-6u

0.3%

153.

93s

0.3%

154.

94u

0.3%

155.

86u

0.3%

156.

82u

0.3%

157.

72s

0.3%

158.

75u

0.3%

159.

62s

0.3%

160.

52u

0.3%

161.

43u

0.3%

162.

10-2u

0.3%

163.

82s

0.3%

164.

65u

0.3%

165.

53u

0.3%

166.

32u

0.3%

167.

64u

0.2%

168.

63u

0.2%

169.

62u

0.2%

These statistics were calculated by Dennis Purdy using a computer system simulation of 1 Million hands dealt. Please note that figures do vary depending on the number of players at the table. This guide is simply to show comparisons between any set of starting cards.

nice little bit of info about the game. Thanks

[JacobMiller]

great info, i was looking for that since a while....

[JacobMiller]

the link provided by poker king is even better! thanks