The Money

Is There a Minimum Buy-In Required?
Generally it should be 20 times the maximum bet

Who Should Ante?
Have the dealer ante for the table, it will save time and trouble
Don't waste time trying to figure out why there is $5 in the pot and 6 players that all swear they have anted

Can Players Pull Money From Their Pockets Or Borrow Money During A Hand?
Some players like to see all the money on the table before the hand begins
I have seen players that leave money in their pocket so that when they have weak hands they can limit the risk by going all-in and when they have strong hands they can pull money out

What Happens When A Player Runs Out Of Money During A Hand?
The money in the pot is pushed to the side and any future bets are placed in a new pot.
The player who has no money continues on in the hand but is only elligible for the side pot.

If there are buying or bidding options in the game the player could be allowed to receive cards for free but would be ineligible for all the other players buying or bidding fees.

The Cards

It is best to have two distinctly colored decks in play and to keep two decks in reserve.

Who Should Shuffle The Cards?
The dealer should not shuffle the active deck.
It is recommended that the dealer should shuffle the deck after the deal and pass it to the player to the the left of the next dealer.

Who Should Cut The Cards?
The dealer should not cut the active deck.
The player to the dealer's right should cut the deck onto a cut card.
A cut card protects against the dealer accidently exposing the bottom card.

The Betting

What Are The Betting Stakes?
Some games play with uniform stakes
Other games allow for betting increases on the later rounds, the last betting round, when a pair is exposed, etc.

Who is the 1st Better?
In stud games - where players have cards showing - the high hand usually initiates the betting

In board games - where players have no cards showing - here are 3 options:
1) The player to the left of the dealer initiates the betting 2) Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - the betting rotates each betting round 3) The last player to make a bet or a raise on the previous round initiates the betting
How Many Bets are Allowed Each Round?
Traditionally betting is limited to three raises until there are only two players left
but generally in home games the betting is always limited to three raises

Is Check Raising Allowed?
Some games don't allow a player to check and then raise when the betting comes back around
I won't state my opinion about how stupid that restriction is

Is Kill Betting Allowed?
Traditionally any raise must at least match the previous bet
However, in Hi-Lo games it is humane to allow kill betting

The Showdown

What Qualifies as a Low Hand?
Some people play that the Wheel (5, 4, 3, 2, Ace) is the best low
Others play that 6, 4, 3, 2, Ace is the best low - which means that any flush or straight combination is ineligible for a low hand
It is uncommon but some disqualify the Ace and play that 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 is the best possible low

Additionally, depending on the house or game rules you may have to qualify for low - traditionally with an Eight or better low

Do Cards Speak?
Any game can be played with a declaration round or as 'cards speak'

For 'cards speak' games:
-- after the last bet the players reveal all their cards and the best hand wins
For declaration games:
-- after the last bet the players simultaneously indicate whether they are contesting for the high hand, the low hand, or both -- then there is another round of betting -- if a player is the only one to declare a particular direction that player initiates the betting - otherwise normal betting rules apply
A player who declares to win both generally must win both outright to win anything
Players must determine in advance how to handle the following situation: One player declares high One player declares low One player declares both - and beats the player for high but loses to the player for low
Should the player that delared low win the entire pot or split the pot with the player who declared high?

Anticipating Trouble

(It is best to work these out in advance
Once players have looked at their cards and wagered they may have biased opinions about how to handle a situation!) What Happens If You Run Out Of Cards During a Hand?
In a game of 7 card stud with 8 players it is unusual, but possible, that enough players remain in that there will not be enough cards to complete the final round of dealing
Generally a common card card is placed on the board that all players will share
Dealing from a fresh deck or reusing any discards or burn cards are also options but whatever is done must be done for all remaining players.
In other words, if five players and only three cards remain you would not deal out the three cards and then go to a new deck.

How Will Misdeals and Exposed Cards Be Handled?
Anticipate the likely occurrance that the dealer will mess up and come up with clear rules in advance

Here are some common occurrances and the recommended solutions:

A card has been exposed before the first round of betting. The hand can be redealt or the card should be exposed to all players and then discarded. If it is a stud game where cards will be immediately dealt face up, the card can be considered that player's up card and his next card will be dealt face down.
A card has been exposed after the betting has begun The card should be exposed to all players and then discarded.
A player has been given too many cards - but hasn't looked at any yet The dealer should pull one of that players cards and place it back into the middle of the deck.
A player has been given too many cards - and looked at all of them The dealer should pull one of that players cards, expose it to all players, and then discard it.
A player has been given too few cards The dealer should give him another card.

Pot Odds are the expected rate of return on a Poker bet.

For instance, if there is $100 in the pot and it takes $10 to call, you must win this hand 1 out of 11 times in order to break even.
In other words, if you play 11 times, it'll cost you $110, but when you win once, you will get $110 ($100 + your $10 call).

Therefore before calling any Poker bet the following 2 questions should be asked:
1) What are the odds that I currently have or will have a winning hand 2) Are the odds of my winning equal or better to the rate of return on my bet

Here are two examples:

Four of my first six cards in a game of 7 Card Stud are Clubs.
I can see no pairs in my opponents hands and I believe that if I catch my flush I will be the winner.
Aside from my four, I have seen only 3 other clubs and there are 12 cards left in the deck.
My odds to catch my flush are approximately 1 out of 4 times

There is $90 in the pot and the bet is $10 to me. If I call and win I get $100.
That means the rate of return is 10 to 1.

So, if I play this identical situation 50 times I will probably:

Spend	50 x $10	= $500
Win	50 divided by 4	= 12.5 times
Winnings	12.5 x $100	= $1250
Net Gain/Loss	1250 - 500	= $750

Four of my first six cards in a game of 7 Card Stud are Clubs.
I can see no pairs in my opponents hands and I believe that if I catch my flush I will be the winner.
Aside from my four, I have seen only 3 other clubs and there are 12 cards left in the deck.
My odds to catch my flush are approximately 1 out of 4 times

There is $15 in the pot and the bet is $10 to me. If I call and win I get $25.
That means the rate of return is 2.5 to 1.

So, if I play this identical situation 50 times I will probably:

Spend	50 x $10	= $500
Win	50 divided by 4	= 12.5 times
Winnings	12.5 x $25	= $312.50
Net Gain/Loss	312.50 - 500	= $(177.50)

So you can see that understanding the strength of your hand and the odds of drawing certain hands is not sufficient!

Here are some common variations that can be added to almost any game to build the pot and provide interesting twists: Buying Cards:
Add an option to buy or replace a card

Passing Cards:
Force players to pass one or more cards to the other players

Discarding Cards:
Deal an extra down card and force the players to discard a card

Roll Your Own:
For stud games - deal the up cards face down and allow the players to select which card to expose

Board Cards:
For stud games - deal cards face up in the center of the table that are common to all players
For board games - change the restrictions on how many cards from the board can or must be used

Dealt Cards:
Add or subtract to the number of cards dealt

Wild Cards:
Select an existing denomination (threes), an existing card (4 of clubs), an additional card (joker), or a blind occurrance (first card after the Queen) to be wild

Split Card:
Designate a card to indicate a split pot
If it is a 2 - 7, the holder of the lowest hole card in that suit is a winner.
If it is a 9 - Ace, the holder of the highest hole card in that suit is a winner.
If it is an 8 there is no split

Common Law Draw The SetUp: Five cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Two cards face down
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The first board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - each player may exchange up to three of their cards Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The second board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using the two cards from the board and the five cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

Pass Gas (Anaconda) The SetUp: Seven cards dealt face down to each player
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Each player passes three of their cards to the player on their left Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Each player passes two of their cards to the player on their left Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Each player passes one of their cards to the player on their left Each player discards two of their cards, arranges the remaining 5 cards in a stack, and then turns the first card face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Each player turns the next card face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Each player turns the next card face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Each player turns the next card face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand wins half the pot

Shotgun The SetUp: Three cards dealt face down to each player
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - each player may exchange up to four of their cards Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins the pot

Trade Draw The SetUp: Five cards dealt face down to each player
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - each player may exchange up to four of their cards Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - each player may offer to trade up to three cards with another player Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins the pot

5 Card Draw Lowball The SetUp: Five cards dealt face down to each player
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - each player may exchange up to four of their cards Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card low hand wins the pot

6 To 5 The SetUp: Six cards dealt face down to each player
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - each player may exchange up to four of their cards However, each player draws one less card than they discard Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins the pot

Chicago The SetUp: Two cards dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The high spade in the hole wins half the pot
Variation: Sometimes the low spade in the hole wins half the pot

Countdown The SetUp: Two cards dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
Special Rules: The count of the players that call the last bet indictates the wild card In other words, if three players remain, threes are wild - if four players remain, fours are wild
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

Deal Or No Deal The SetUp: Two cards dealt face down to each player
The Play: A card is placed face up in the center of the table Starting with the player to the left of the dealer: The player may fold, purchase the card for $1, or ask to see a second card The player may then purchase that card for $2, or ask to see a third card The player may then purchase that card for $3, or buy the next card for $4 Once a player passes on a card they can not go back for it until the next round The board remains intact and each subsequent player will have the same options; fold, purchase the $1 card, the $2 card, the $3 card, or take the $4 card If a player takes the $1 card the $2 card slides down into the $1 slot and so on Each player gets at least a free look at the $1 card Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the highest hand: The board remains intact and each player will have the same options; fold, purchase the $1 card, the $2 card, the $3 card, or take the $4 card Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the highest hand: The board remains intact and each player will have the same options; fold, purchase the $1 card, the $2 card, the $3 card, or take the $4 card Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the highest hand: The board remains intact and each player will have the same options; fold, purchase the $1 card, the $2 card, the $3 card, or take the $4 card Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Any remaining board cards are mucked and one more card is dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

Diamond Mine The SetUp: Two cards dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot Each player counts up the value of their Diamonds - Aces are 14, Kings are 13, Queens are 12, Jacks are 11 and all others are their rank The highest Diamond total wins half the pot

Follow The Queen The SetUp: Two cards dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player The next card in the deck is turned face up as a Split Card Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
Special Rules: Whenever a Queen is exposed all Queens become wild and the recipient must pay a predetermined amount or fold Once the card after the Queen is exposed all cards of that rank become wild and all players possessing them as up cards must pay a predetermined amount for each or fold Any previous wild cards are no longer wild (No refunds are given!) If a Queen is the last card exposed only Queens are wild If a Queen is not exposed the game is over and redealt with only the remaining players included
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot If the Split Card is greater than an Eight the highest card of that suit in the hole wins half the pot If the Split Card is below an Eight the lowest card of that suit in the hole wins half the pot
Variation: If a Four is exposed the recipient must pay a predetermined amount or fold The player then receives two new cards (one up and one down) All other rules continue to apply so if Fours are wild the player must also pay the additional wild card fee or fold.

Holy Roller The SetUp: Three cards dealt face down to each player
The Play: Each player turns one of their cards face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Each player turns one of their cards face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Each player turns one of their cards face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Each player turns one of their cards face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
Special Rules: The lowest card in each player's hole and all cards of that rank are wild
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

Left In The SetUp: Two cards dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The live hand to the left of the best high hand wins half the pot

Paint By Numbers The SetUp: Two cards dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
Special Rules: The first exposed card after the third exposed picture card, and all cards of that rank, are wild
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

Peyton Place The SetUp: Four cards dealt face down to each player
The Play: Each player discards two cards and turns one of the remaing two face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Players simultaneously indicate one of their cards that they want to replace - they may choose to not replace any Up cards cost the price of a full bet - down cards cost double the price of a full bet Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Players simultaneously indicate one of their cards that they want to replace - they may choose to not replace any Up cards cost the price of a full bet - down cards cost double the price of a full bet Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand wins half the pot
Variation: Sometimes played with only three cards dealt to each player

Reverse The SetUp: Two cards dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the lowest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the lowest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the lowest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the lowest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the lowest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card low hand wins half the pot The best five card high hand that is better than two pair wins half the pot

Roll em Replace The SetUp: Three cards dealt face down to each player
The Play: Each player turns one of their cards face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Each player turns one of their cards face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Each player turns one of their cards face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Each player turns one of their cards face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Players simultaneously indicate one of their cards that they want to replace - they may choose to not replace any Up cards cost the price of a full bet - down cards cost double the price of a full bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand wins half the pot

Shopping The SetUp: Two cards dealt face down to each player
The Play: A card is placed face up in the center of the table Starting with the player to the left of the dealer: The player may fold, purchase the card for $2, or ask to see a second card The player may then purchase that card for $4 or buy the next card for $6 as an up card or pay $8 to buy it as a down card Once a player passes on a card they can not go back for it until the next round The board remains intact and each subsequent player will have the same options; fold, purchase the $2 card, the $4 card, or take the next card for $6 as an up card or pay $8 to buy it as a down card If a player takes the $2 card the $4 card slides down into the $2 slot Each player gets at least a free look at the $2 card Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the highest hand: The board remains intact and each subsequent player will have the same options; fold, purchase the $2 card, the $4 card, or take the next card for $6 as an up card or pay $8 to buy it as a down card Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the highest hand: The board remains intact and each player will have the same options; fold, purchase the $2 card, the $4 card, or take the next card for $6 as an up card or pay $8 to buy it as a down card Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the highest hand: The board remains intact and each player will have the same options; fold, purchase the $2 card, the $4 card, or take the next card for $6 as an up card or pay $8 to buy it as a down card Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the highest hand: The board remains intact and each player will have the same options; fold, purchase the $2 card, the $4 card, or take the next card for $6 as an up card or pay $8 to buy it as a down card Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand wins half the pot

Straighty Eighty The SetUp: Three cards dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand that is a Straight or better wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot If no player qualifies to win either high or low the game is redealt to the remaining players

Sinatra The SetUp: One card dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Players simultaneously indicate one of their cards that they want to replace - they may choose to not replace any Up cards cost the price of a full bet - down cards cost double the price of a full bet Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Players simultaneously indicate two of their cards that they want to replace - they may choose to not replace any but they may not replace only one Up cards cost the price of a full bet - down cards cost double the price of a full bet Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand wins half the pot

Two For The Road The SetUp: Two cards dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: In order to win you must have 2 of the following: The best five card high hand The best five card low hand The lowest spade in the hole The highest spade in the hole

3 Card Monte The SetUp: One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One card dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best high hand wins half the pot The best low hand wins half the pot Straight Flush is the best hand followed by Three of a Kind - Straights beat Flushes

5 Card Gump The SetUp: One card dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low (no pairs) wins half the pot

Bonus Hold 'Em The SetUp: Five cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Five cards face down
The Play: Each player discards one of their cards Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The first three board cards are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Each player discards one of their cards The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Each player discards one of their cards The last board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using any of the board cards and the two cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

Carousel The SetUp: Five cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Nine cards face down

	1	2				3	4
				5
	6	7				8	9

The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #1 and Card #2 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #3 and Card #4 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #6 and Card #7 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #8, Card #9, and Card #5 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using one of these board combinations (1,2,5 or 3,4,5 or 5,6,7 or 5,8,9) and any two cards from the hand: OR Using one of these board combinations (1,2 or 3,4 or 6,7 or 8,9) and any three cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand wins half the pot

Criss Cross The SetUp: Four cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Four cards face down in a circle and one card face down in the center

		1
	2	5	4
		3

The Play: Card #1 is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #2 is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #3 is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #4 is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #5 is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using any from cards 2,5,4 or any from cards 1,5,3 and any cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand wins half the pot

Cincinnati The SetUp: Five cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Five cards face down
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The first two board cards are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using any of the cards on the board and any of the cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

Circle Jerk The SetUp: Four cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Eight cards face down in a circle and one card face down in the center

		1
	8		2
7		9		3
	6		4
		5

The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #1 and Card #5 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #3 and Card #7 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #4 and Card #8 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #6 and Card #2 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #9 is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using three connecting cards from outer edge (1,2,3 or 2,3,4 or 3,4,5 etc.) or a 'piece of pie' (4,5,9 or 5,6,9 or 6,7,9 etc.) and any two cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

Criss Cross The SetUp: Four cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Four cards face down in a circle and one card face down in the center

		1
	2	5	4
		3

The Play: Card #1 is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #2 is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #3 is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #4 is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #5 is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using any from cards 2,5,4 or any from cards 1,5,3 and any cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand wins half the pot

Doogie The SetUp: Six cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Four cards face down
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The first board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using any of the cards on the board and any of the cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best four card low hand of distinct ranks and suits that is below an Eight wins half the pot Any player that has an Ace,2,3,4 of distinct suits wins the entire pot

Double Cross The SetUp: Four cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Four cards face down in a circle and one card face down in the center

		1				6
	2	5	4		7	10	9
		3				8

The Play: Card #1 and Card #6 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #2 and Card #7 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #3 and Card #8 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #4 and Card #9 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #5 and Card #10 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using any cards from one of these board combinations (2,5,4 or 1,5,3 or 7,10,9 or 6,10,8) and any cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand wins half the pot

Double Trouble The SetUp: Six cards dealt face down to each player Each player splits his hand into two 3 card hands
The Board: Five cards face down
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Any player holding 2 hands must match the bet for each hand but cannot raise their own hand The first three board cards are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The last board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using any of the board cards and any two cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

Elevator The SetUp: Five cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Nine cards face down

	1		5
	2		6
	3		7
	4	9	8

The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #1 and Card #5 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #2 and Card #6 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #3 and Card #7 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #4 and Card #8 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #9 is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using one of these board combinations (1,9,5 or 2,9,6 or 3,9,7 or 4,9,8) and any two cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand wins half the pot

Eye Beam The SetUp: Three cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Seven cards face down in the shape of a capitol I

	1	2	3
		4
	5	6	7

The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #1, Card #4, and Card #7 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #2 and Card #5 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #3 and Card #6 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using one of these board combinations (1,2,3 or 2,4,6 or 5,6,7) and any two cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly The SetUp: Five cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Ten cards face down in two rows of five

	1	2	3	4	5
	6	7	8	9	10

The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #1 and Card #6 are turned face up Any players possessing any cards that are the same rank as Card #6 must discard them Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #2 and Card #7 are turned face up Any players possessing any cards that are the same rank as Card #7 must discard them Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #3 and Card #8 are turned face up Any players possessing any cards that are the same rank as Card #8 must discard them Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #4 and Card #9 are turned face up Any players possessing any cards that are the same rank as Card #9 must discard them Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #5 and Card #10 are turned face up Any players possessing any cards that are the same rank as Card #10 must discard them Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using any of the 5 cards on the top row of the board and any remaining cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins 1/3 the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins 1/3 the pot If Card #4 is greater than an Eight the highest card of that suit wins 1/3 the pot If Card #4 is below an Eight the lowest card of that suit wins 1/3 the pot
Variation: Any cards from the top row that appear on the bottom row are also discarded

Infinite Justice The SetUp: Six cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Ten cards face down in a circle

			1
		10		2
	9				3
	8				4
		7		5
			6

The Play: Card #1 and Card #6 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #2 and Card #7 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #3 and Card #8 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #4 and Card #9 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #5 and Card #10 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using any two connecting cards from the board (1,2 or 2,3 or 10,1 etc) and three cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand below a Nine wins half the pot

New York, NY The SetUp: Five cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Nine cards face down in three rows of three

	1	2	3
	4	5	6
	7	8	9

The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #1, Card #3, Card #7, and Card #9 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #2, Card #4, Card #6, and Card #8 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #5 is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using any two board cards that touch (Card #1 can be used with Cards 2,4,5 -- Card #2 can be used with Cards 1,3,4,5 or 6, etc...) and any three cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

Omaha-Ha The SetUp: Four cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Ten cards face down in two rows of five

	1	2	3	4	5
	6	7	8	9	10

The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #1, Card #2, Card #3, Card #6, Card #7, and Card #8 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #4 and Card #9 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #5 and Card #10 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using three of the 5 cards on the top row of the board or three of the 5 cards on the bottom row of the board and two cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

Oma-High-High The SetUp: Four cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: 10 cards face down in two rows of 5

	1	2	3	4	5
	6	7	8	9	10

The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #1, Card #2, Card #3, Card #6, Card #7, and Card #8 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #4 and Card #9 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #5 and Card #10 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using any three of the board cards from the top row and any two cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot Using any three of the board cards from the bottom row and any two cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot

Pick Your Poison The SetUp: Three cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Six cards face down in two rows of three

	1	2	3
	4	5	6

The Play: Each player turns one card face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Each player turns one card face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #1 and Card #4 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Each player simultaneously declares which of the two rows they will be using Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #2, Card #3, Card #5, and Card #6 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using any of the 3 cards on their selected row of the board and any cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

Spoilers The SetUp: Five cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Five cards face down
The Play: The first board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Each player discards three cards Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using any of the board cards and any cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

SpongeBob Squarepants The SetUp: Three cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Nine cards face down in three rows of three

	1	2	3
	4	5	6
	7	8	9

The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #1, Card #4, and Card #7 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #2, Card #5, and Card #8 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #3, Card #6, and Card #9 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using one of these board combinations (1,2,3 or 4,5,6 or 7,8,9) and any two cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

Swamp Nuts The SetUp: Four cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Eleven cards face down in the shape of an 'S'

	3	2	1
	4
	5	6	7
			8
	11	10	9

The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #1, Card #3, Card #11, and Card #9 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #4, Card #5, Card #7, and Card #8 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #2 , Card #6, and Card #10 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using one of these board combinations (1,2,3 or 3,4,5 or 5,6,7 or 7,8,9 or 9,10,11) and any two cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a jack wins half the pot

Tic Tac Toe The SetUp: Four cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Nine cards face down in three rows of three

	1	2	3
	4	5	6
	7	8	9

The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #1, Card #2, and Card #4 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #6, Card #8, and Card #9 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #3 and Card #7 are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #5 is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using one of these board combinations (1,2,3 or 4,5,6 or 7,8,9 or 1,4,7 or 2,5,8 or 3,6,9 or 1,5,9 or 3,5,7) and any two cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand wins half the pot

Flop The SetUp: Three cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Four cards face down in a row
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The first board card is turned face up Any players possessing any cards of the same denomination as the board card must discard them Starting with the first player to the left of the dealer that discarded a card - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up - if it is already on the board it is discarded and another card is turned face up Any players possessing any cards of the same denomination as the board card must discard them Starting with the first player to the left of the dealer that discarded a card - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up - if it is already on the board it is discarded and another card is turned face up Any players possessing any cards of the same denomination as the board card must discard them Starting with the first player to the left of the dealer that discarded a card - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up - if it is already on the board it is discarded and another card is turned face up Any players possessing any cards of the same denomination as the board card must discard them Starting with the first player to the left of the dealer that discarded a card - players Check or Bet
Special Rules: Aces count as either 11 points or 1 point Kings, Queens, Jacks, and Tens count as 10 points All other cards count as their denominations
The Showdown: If any player discards all three of their cards the game ends and that player wins the entire pot The best high hand wins half the pot The best low hand wins half the pot

Big Flop The SetUp: Five cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: 10 cards face down in five rows of two

	1	2
	3	4
	5	6
	7	8
	9	10

The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #1 and Card #2 are turned face up Any players possessing any cards of the same denomination as the board cards must discard them Starting with the first player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #3 and Card #4 are turned face up Any players possessing any cards of the same denomination as the board cards must discard them Starting with the first player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #5 and Card #6 are turned face up Any players possessing any cards of the same denomination as the board cards must discard them Starting with the first player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #7 and Card #8 are turned face up Any players possessing any cards of the same denomination as the board cards must discard them Starting with the first player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Card #9 and Card #10 are turned face up Any players possessing any cards of the same denomination as the board cards must discard them Starting with the first player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
Special Rules: Aces count as either 15 points or 1 point Kings, Queens, Jacks, and Tens count as 10 points All other cards count as their denominations
The Showdown: If any player discards all five of their cards the game ends and that player wins the entire pot The best high hand wins half the pot The best low hand wins half the pot

Red vs. Black The SetUp: Seven cards dealt face down to each player
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Each player passes three of their cards to the player on their left Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Each player passes two of their cards to the player on their right Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Each player passes one of their cards to the player on their left Each player discards two of their cards, arranges the remaining 5 cards in a stack, and then turns the first card face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Each player turns the next card face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Each player turns the next card face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet Each player turns the next card face up Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
Special Rules: Aces count as either 11 points or 1 point Kings, Queens, Jacks, and Tens count as 10 points All other cards count as their denominations
If a player is going for red, then subtract the value of any black cards in the hand If a player is going for black, then subtract the value of any red cards in the hand
The Showdown: The hand with the highest black total wins half the pot The hand with the highest red total wins half the pot

7-27 The SetUp: One card dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - each player may take an up card or stand pat Starting with the player to the left of the last starter - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the last starter - each player may take an up card or stand pat
Each player may continue to take cards or stand pat until thay have stood pat three times The play continues until all players have stood pat three times
Special Rules: Aces count as either 11 points or 1 point Kings, Queens, and Jacks count as half a point All other cards count as their denominations
The Showdown: The hand closest to 27 points wins half the pot The hand closest to 7 points wins half the pot Outside beats inside - so 27 1/2 beats 26 1/2 and 6 1/2 beats 7 1/2

Badugi The SetUp: Four cards dealt face down to each player
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - each player may exchange none, any, or all of their cards Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - each player may exchange none, any, or all of their cards Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - each player may exchange none, any, or all of their cards Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best low hand of distinct ranks and suits wins the pot Any four-card hand beats a three-card hand - any three-card hand beats a two-card hand - and so forth

Duece to Seven Triple Draw The SetUp: Five cards dealt face down to each player
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - each player may exchange up to four of their cards Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - each player may exchange up to four of their cards Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - each player may exchange up to four of their cards Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card low hand wins the pot.
Straights and Flushes count against your low hand, and aces are always high. So the best possible hand is: 7, 5, 4, 3, 2.

5 Card Draw The SetUp: Five cards dealt face down to each player
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - each player may exchange up to four of their cards Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins the pot

Generally all of the following games are played with Blinds.
This means that before the cards are dealt the player to the left of the dealer puts up a partial bet, called a little blind,
and the player to the left of the little blind puts up a full bet, called the big blind.

Texas Hold 'Em The SetUp: Two cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Five cards face down in a row
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the big blind - players Fold, Call, or Raise The first three board cards are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The last board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using the five cards from the board and the two cards from the hand, the best five card high hand wins the pot

Omaha The SetUp: Four cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Five cards face down in a row
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the big blind - players Fold, Call, or Raise The first three board cards are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The last board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using the five cards from the board and any two cards from the hand, the best five card high hand wins the pot

Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better The SetUp: Four cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Five cards face down in a row
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the big blind - players Fold, Call, or Raise The first three board cards are turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The last board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using the five cards from the board and any two cards from the hand: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best five card low hand that is below a Nine wins half the pot

Crazy Pineapple The SetUp: Three cards dealt face down to each player
The Board: Five cards face down in a row
The Play: Starting with the player to the left of the big blind - players Fold, Call, or Raise The first three board cards are turned face up Each player must discard one of their cards Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The next board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet The last board card is turned face up Starting with the player to the left of the dealer - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: Using the five cards from the board and the two cards from the hand, the best five card high hand wins the pot

5 Card Stud The SetUp: One card dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins the pot
Variations: Sometimes the last card is dealt face down

7 Card Stud The SetUp: Two cards dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins the pot

7 Card Stud Hi-Lo The SetUp: Two cards dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the highest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best five card high hand wins half the pot The best 5 card low hand wins half the pot
Variations: Sometimes the low winner is not guaranteed but must qualify by getting an 8 or better low.

Razz The SetUp: Two cards dealt face down to each player One card dealt face up to each player
The Play: Starting with the lowest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the lowest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the lowest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face up to each player Starting with the lowest hand - players Check or Bet One more card dealt face down to each player Starting with the lowest hand - players Check or Bet
The Showdown: The best 5 card low hand wins the pot

Card Basics
A deck of cards consists of 52 cards.
These cards are divided into 4 suits, with each suit having 13 ranks.

Spade

Club

Diamond

Heart

The suits are all of equal value, no suit is higher than any other suit.

In Poker, the Ace is the highest card and the Deuce (2) is the lowest.
However, the Ace can be used as a low card to form the straight 5,4,3,2,Ace.

High Hand Rankings
The Poker hands below are ranked from highest (5-of-a-Kind) to lowest (high card).

5-of-a-Kind (One-Eyed Jacks Wild)
Royal Flush
Straight Flush
4-of-a-Kind
Full House
Flush
Straight
3-of-a-Kind
Two Pair
Pair
High Card

The player whose hand is in the higher ranking wins.
If two or more hands are the same ranking, the winner is the hand having the higher cards.
For example, an Ace high Flush beats a King high Flush.
An Ace, King high Flush beats an Ace, Queen high Flush and so on.

Should two or more Poker hands be absolutely identical in ranking and cards, the pot will be split evenly between the winning players.

Low Hand Rankings

House or game rules will specify which of the following hands is considered the best.

Wheel
Traditional Low
Kansas City Low

Low hands are evaluated from the top down.
Therfore an 8, 7, 5, 2, Ace will beat an 8, 7, 5, 4, Ace.

Should two or more Poker hands be absolutely identical in ranking and cards, the pot will be split evenly between the winning players.

Poker is a simple game with simple rules
yet the unpredictable nature of the cards and the opponents makes it one of the most challenging games in the world.

What Makes a Good Player
A good player is one that: Understands Poker probabilities Can determine his hand's strength relative to the other players Is skilled in manipulating his opponents And, most importantly, can control his desire to win all the time

The Object of the Game
In Poker there is no such thing as a good hand.
There is only the best hand.
You may win one hand with a pair of twos and lose the next hand with a Full House.

The object of the game is not to have a good hand but to have the best hand
(or to convince your opponents that you have the best hand).

At any point in a hand of Poker someone has the best hand.
If you could stop the game and look at each player's cards you would know who it was.
Unfortunately most games forbid this.

So then, Poker usually comes down to this:
Some players are sitting with good hands (none of them sure which is the best),
and some players without the strength to win but hoping that they can catch a card that will make them the winner.

You at least know whether you fit into the first category or whether you are what we call a chaser.

Being a Chaser
Being a chaser is not always a bad thing.
Not often, but sometimes the chaser wins (much to the chagrin of the person who held the best cards up until the end).

It is a good idea, then, to make some overall determinations about:
Whether you ever want to be a chaser How often you want to be a chaser Under what conditions you are willing to chase

Determining Probabilities
There are two aspects to chasing.
One is determining your chances of catching the card that will improve your hand.
The players that can assess the probabilities the best, (and play accordingly) win the most.
There is a big difference between staying in a hand when you need a seven to complete your Straight and there are already two sevens showing (low probability)
and staying in a hand when any heart gives you a Flush, a Ten or a Six gives you a Full House and an Eight gives you a Straight (high probability).

Assessing Your Opponent's Cards
The other thing that many fail to consider before embarking on a chase is this.
What if you stay in and finally get the card you hoped for.
Will it make you the winner?
Remember, the object of the game is not to have a good hand but to have the best hand.
It is of little help if you continue to chase a Straight when someone is showing four clubs and is likely to end up with a Flush.

So...always ask yourself this before betting
Do I probably have the best hand right now? or Do I have a GOOD chance to get the best hand?

The REAL Object of the Game
I said that the object of Poker is to have the best hand.

I LIED!!

The object of Poker is to win money.
If you play ten hands and lose eight of them but walk away with more money than you came with, you are a VERY good player.

A winner doesn't just win, he also minimizes his losses.
A few dollars thrown away here and there on losers adds up.

It is important to remember:
There is always another hand coming That it is impossible to have the best hand every time Don't try to squeeze a winner out of bad cards
The objective is not to win every hand.
Your objective is to win more when you win then you lose when you don't.

Playing Selectively
Many players consider their early decisions their most important decisions.
It is often easier to get out of a hand early then to go in with a weak hand and find yourself hooked.

If you go in with weak cards, you may get enough help to keep you in but not enough help to win.
Always make the distinction between cards that are good enough to stay in with and cards that are good enough to win.

Don't ever bet because you already bet the round before
or
out of some nostalgic feeling for the hope you once held for your cards and the promise they seemed to offer.
Evaluate you're cards and the table and let that be the only factors in your decision to bet or fold.

When a hand goes sour get rid of it.

The Worst Hand
The worst hand in Poker is not the worst hand.

You won't lose much money if you keep getting the worst cards.
You won't have much fun, but you won't lose much money.

The worst hand in Poker is the second best hand.
Those are the hands that will kill you and there's not much you can do about it.

Just remember if you know you are beat there is no shame in throwing away good cards.

Evaluating Your Opponents
Evaluating an opponents cards requires trying to narrow the realm of what is possible down to what is likely.
You can do this by getting to know the way the other players play.
Watch them and try to determine what rules they operate under.
Some players play by very strict rules while others like to chase every hand.
The more conservatively an opponent plays the easier it is to anticipate what they have.

These are some of the main factors you want to look at in gauging your opponents; How often do they enter a hand Under what circumstances do they play When do they initiate a bet When do they fold their cards What mannerisms do they have when they are bluffing and when they are not

The Dangerous Player
In the games that my friends and I play most of us play very loosely.
We play nearly every hand and pursue a winner on the slimmest possibilities.
We bet aggressively, sometimes because we believe we have a winner, sometimes in anticipation of getting a winner, and sometimes strictly to bluff.
It is nearly impossible to predict what your opponent might be holding and bluffing against them is fairly futile.

Against this type of player you must be patient and wait for good cards but you can not be intimidated by their aggressiveness.

The most dangerous player is an inconsistent player.

A player who deliberately alters his style to mislead his opponents without sacrificing intelligent play is unpredictable and is capable of manipulating the other players.

This is the type of player you want to be!

Poker Terminology
I Feel I Could
Get Away With Saying
If I Ever Played a Tournament.

by ANDY SUTHERLAND

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He's holding Babraham Lincolns.

Caught in a flytrap.

Lay it down on "The Tarpits."

Short-weeding the double-down avocado splitter.

Deuce trips.

So I pull trash from the flop, and end up sinking the Titanic.

Laboratory rats to the left, and I know the guy on the right has a suicide johnny-nothing else to do but drop the transmission.

He was short-stacked, so I raised with nothing but a bumpy melinda and a bullet.

Crunking the small blind.

So a Madeleine Albright pops up on Fourth Street.

After his raise, I know he's sporting two mustaches, and I can see one otter swimming the river on the flop.

I've got leaky quads, and I call, after he bulldozes the pit with half his gold towers.

I fold.

Play in turn
In most games, betting begins with the player to the left of the dealer, and moves around the table clockwise. Don't place a bet, fold, or ask for cards from the dealer until it's your turn.

Don't talk about the hand in play
Even after you've folded, wait until the showdown is over if you feel you must discuss what you had and what you thought the other players had.

Don't be a rabbit
When a hand is over, don't dig through the deck and the hands the other players have folded to see "what you might have had." This slows the game down and is annoying.

Don't hold your cards below the table
Although the vast majority of Poker players do not cheat, it looks suspicious when you hold your cards out of sight. You could be marking them, or switching them with a holdout or a card up your sleeve.

Don't hold your cards where other players can see their faces
You might think it doesn't matter, since you're only hurting yourself. That's not true. If one player can see your cards, she has an advantage over the other players, which hurts them. Keep your hand face down, or held very close to your chest, and take a careful peek when you need to look at it.

Don't show your cards
When you fold, make sure you don't flash or flip over your cards as you toss them away. If players know what you fold, it'll give them information that may change how the rest of the hand plays out.

Don't string raise
When you raise someone's bet, announce your call and your raise at the same time. Then gather the chips and place them in the pot. If you say, "I call that bet," and then pause before finally saying, "...and raise it $20," someone will likely call, "string raise." A lot of Poker strategy is based on the other players' reactions to bets and raises. A string raise gives a player an advantage by allowing him to see the other players' reactions before making a raise.

Don't splash the pot
When making a bet, slide your stack of chips in front of you, but not into the pot. Putting them in the pot ("splashing the pot") makes it hard for the dealer and players to know how much you're betting.

Show one, show all
If you win a hand before the showdown but want to show your cards anyway, you can't just show them to the one player to your left or right, you have to turn them up for the whole table to see. After all, why should only the lucky players next to you get to know what you were holding?

Pay attention
If you're in a hand, don't make everyone remind you that it's your turn -- keep up with the action so the game keeps moving. Talking on cell phones is a bad idea.

Don't be rude or mean
Even if you're having a bad losing streak, it doesn't give you the right to curse other players or be rude to the dealer. It will win you neither pots nor friends.

Don't throw, tear or crumple cards
Everyone gets bad beats, it doesn't give you the right to throw, tear, or crumple cards.

Don't gloat
It is more fun to win then to lose but no-one likes a gloater. Simply accept your winnings humbly and, if you must speak at all, mumble something about your good fortune.

Beware of the inadvertant check
A knock is a clear indicator of the intention to check, so if you're the type to tap your fingers, do it below the table if you have to do it at all. When it's your action, a tap can be mistaken for a check, and the action can move past you. Worse yet, people might think you are attempting a String Bet, which is in poor taste.

Don't criticize or instruct other players
As valid as your criticism or as valuable as your instructions might be generally this will upset players more than help. Besides, the game has its own way of teaching.

Don't go easy on your friends
Don't bet less than you normally would or check good hands when against friends, husbands or wives. Every player should play in his/her own self interest - it's the essence of Poker.

Don't apologize for winning
The object of the game is to win. Many people will consider "sorry" to be an insult, since it is insincere. In a friendly home game the player may let your comment slide, but in a serious game you are likely to get a decidedly angry response. If you wish, acknowledge that you were very lucky to win, but don't apologize.

Don't rehash previous hands
Some polite people might feign interest, but few really are. Besides it slows down the game.

Don't slow roll
When exposing your cards for a showdown don't partially expose your hand. Some players do this as a tease to make the other player believe they have won before revealing their winning hands. It is not only impolite, it is cruel.

Who opens up first on a showdown?
The player who made the last bet or raise should be the first to reveal their hand. This gives the other players the ability to fold quietly when they know they are beaten.

ANTE
A bet placed by all players before a hand is dealt. It is the "cost" of being able to play in that hand.

BET
To put money into the pot that all other players must match.

BLIND
Sometimes used instead of an ante, this is a bet placed by the player sitting to the left of the dealer before the hand is dealt.
Also, refers to playing without looking at your cards.

BLUFF
When a player bets aggressively even though he has a weak hand, in an attempt to get the other players to fold.

BOARD
Cards placed in the middle of the table that are shared by every player.

BROADWAY
A Straight from the Ten to the Ace.

BURN CARD
Before dealing a round of cards the first card is discarded to prevent the dealer from flashing it to the player to his left - this is called the burn card.

BUTTON
A chip used to keep track of the dealer.

BUY-IN
The minimum amount of money needed to enter a Poker game.

CAPPED
The maximum number of raises on the betting round have been reached.

CASE
The last card of a certain rank in the deck.

CHECK
To choose not to initiate a new bet.

CALL
To match the bet. To put into the pot the amount of money equaling the sum of the bets made since your last bet.

CARDS SPEAK
During the showdown what a player has said will have no bearing on evaluating the hand

COMMON CARD
When there are not enough cards to complete a round of dealing a common card is placed in the center of the table and shared by all players.

COMMUNITY CARDS
Cards placed in the middle of the table that are shared by every player

COUNTERFEITED
When a hand is made less powerful because a card shows up on the board that duplicates one in the hand.

CUT
To divide the deck into two sections in such a manner as to change the order of the cards.

CUT CARD
The card used to shield the bottom of the deck.

DECLARE
For Hi-Lo games, each player must designate which direction they intend to contest.

DEUCE
A Two.

DOOR CARD
The first up card in a player's hand.

FACE CARD
Jacks, Queens, or Kings.

FOLD
To drop out of the hand rather than call the bet.

FLOP
The first three cards turned face up in a game of Texas Hold 'Em or Omaha.

GUTSHOT STRAIGHT
A hand with four of the five cards needed for a straight, but missing one in the middle.

HAND
A hand is a combination of cards, usually five, that is compared to the other players' hands to see who wins. The word hand is also used to mean a single round of Poker.

HOLE
The cards dealt face down to a player are called the hole cards.

INSIDE STRAIGHT
A hand with four of the five cards needed for a straight, but missing one in the middle.

KICKER
The tie breaker card in a hand. When two players have a pair of Aces the next highest card will determine the winner. That card is the kicker.

KILL BET
Normally a raise must at least match the previous bet. A raise that is lower than the previous bet is called a Kill Bet.

LO / LOW
To evaluate cards based on the opposite of the traditional high scale so that the worst combination of cards is considered the best. Will vary based on house rules.

MUCK
To toss your cards into the pile of unused or discarded cards thus rendering them useless. That pile is also referred to as the Muck.

NUT
The best possible two cards you could bring to the board.

OPEN ENDED
A hand with four of the five cards needed for a straight in sequence that could be completed on either end.

OUTS
The number of cards that would complete a hand.

PAINT
Jacks, Queens, or Kings.

PICTURE CARDS
Jacks, Queens, or Kings.

PIPPED
The markings on the number cards are known as "pips." So when a play say something like, "I have you pipped," they are stating that they have you beat by a higher card.

POCKET
The cards dealt face down to a player are called the pocket cards.

POT
The pot is the prize for a hand of Poker. The pot is made up of the antes or blinds, plus all the bets made during that hand. At the end of the hand, the player with the best hand (or the last player still in the hand, if everyone else folds) wins the pot.

QUADS
Four of a Kind.

RAISE
To increase the amount of the bet for the current betting round, after another player has already placed a bet.

RAKE
The money taken by the house as a fee for offering the game, usually taken as a percentage of the pot for lower stakes games or a flat fee for larger games.

RIVER
The fifth card turned face up in a game of Texas Hold 'Em or Omaha.

SCARE CARD
A card in a players hand that is visible to the other players and indicates strength - either true or imagined.

SHOWDOWN
At the end of a hand, when all remaining players show their cards to see who has the best hand.

SLOW PLAY
To under bet your hand so as to mislead others as to its true strength.

SLOW ROLL
To reveal your hand gradually - either to build suspense or to mislead others as to its true strength.

SPLASH THE POT
To put your bet directly into the pot.

STAKES
The betting structure; the predefined minimum and maximum bets allowed.

STRING BET
Pausing between calling a bet and announcing a raise.

TELL
A clue or hint that a player unknowingly gives about the strength of his hand, his next action, etc.

TILT
Playing wildly or recklessly - usually after a frustrating defeat or series of defeats.

TRIPS
Three of a Kind.

TURN
The fourth card turned face up in a game of Texas Hold 'Em or Omaha.

WHEEL
A straight from the Ace to the five.

WILD CARD
A card whose value is decided by the player holding it.

Ace In The Hole
Meaning:Having something that other people don't know about that provides an advantage.
Origins:The earliest printed citation is from the Iowa newspaper The New Era, June 1886:
"Thus matters went on until four cards lay in front of each man, face up and one turned down. Not a pair in sight and everyone thought each man had an ace 'in the hole'."

Ace Up His Sleeve
Meaning:Having something that other people don't know about that provides an advantage.

Beats Me
Meaning:I don't know.

Blue Chip
Meaning:A high priced or valuable prospect.
Origins:The term blue chip comes from the color of the highest value Poker chip.

Call Your Bluff
Meaning:To act on the belief that the words or actions of another are false.
Origins:The word bluff comes from the Dutch word bluffen - 'boast'.

Cards Stacked Against Me
Meaning:A situation in which no matter what happens, you lose. It comes from the practice where a cheating dealer in a card game would "stack" the deck, which means arranging the cards in a way so as to give the dealer an advantage.

Cash In
Meaning:Profit handsomely.

Cash In Your Chips
Meaning:To die.

Close To The Vest
Meaning:To plot your course of action cautiously and with cunning and to keep your intentions and all relevant information hidden.
Origins:Here is an early citation:
"He was a large man with hair en brosse, and he knew the latest jokes, but he played Poker close to the chest." -- Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt (1922)

Coming Up Aces
Meaning:

Force His Hand
Meaning:To expose an opponent's faults by challenging them.
Origins:First found in the late 1880s. Here is an early citation.
"'I thought he was going to fight.' 'Not that boy. He was four-flushin'." -- George Ade's Artie (1896)

Four-Flusher
Meaning:One who makes empty claims; a bluffer.
Origins:First found in the late 1880s. Here is an early citation.
"'I thought he was going to fight.' 'Not that boy. He was four-flushin'." -- George Ade's Artie (1896)

Holding All The Aces
Meaning:To have all the advantages or power.

Jackpot
Meaning:A big prize.
Origins:First appeared around 1881. A version of Draw Poker required a player to have at least a pair of Jacks to start the betting, If no one qualified, the players all added more money to the pot and started again. The game was sometimes known as Jackpot.

Luck Of The Draw
Meaning:Pure chance.
Origins:According to The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms this first appeared in the mid 1900s.

Pass The Buck
Meaning:To transfer responsibility or blame onto another person.
Origins:From 1865, said to be Poker slang reference to the buck horn-handled knife that was passed around to signify whose turn it was to deal.

Penny Ante
Meaning:A business transaction on a trivial scale.

Poker Face
Meaning:To hide your feelings and not show any emotion or reaction.

Put Your Two Cents In
Meaning:Stating your opinion.

Put Up or Shut Up
Meaning:A challenge to let actions speak louder than words.
Origins:The earliest recorded use is in Fred H. Hart's 1878 collection of stories, The Sazerac Lying Club. In one story, the initials P.U. or S.U. appears, explained by a character saying, "P.U. or S.U. means put up or shut up, doesn't it?"
The caption to a cartoon in an 1884 Police Gazette was "Put up, shut up or get!", and the Americanism was locked into language by Mark Twain in his 1889 Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court with "This was a plain case of 'put up, or shut up.'"

Put Your Cards On The Table
Meaning: Be forthright, make your thoughts or ideas perfectly clear.

Stack Up
Meaning:To compare with.
Origins:According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, first recorded in 1903

Stacked Deck
Meaning:A situation in which no matter what happens, you lose. It comes from the practice where a cheating dealer in a card game would "stack" the deck, which means arranging the cards in a way so as to give the dealer an advantage.
Origins:According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, Stack the Deck was first recorded in 1825

Sweeten the Pot
Meaning:To add more money, reward or compensation to a deal.

Throw In Your Hand
Meaning:To quit.

Tip Your Hand
Meaning:To reveal your plan, show your strategy.

Up The Ante
Meaning:The ante is the forced bet that Poker players must put into the pot before they can play a hand of poker. If you "up the ante," you increase the amount of the bets. Thus, upping the ante means to raise the stakes or increase the risk of a project.

When The Chips Are Down
Meaning:Tough times, when things are looking bleak.
Origins:Chips are used for money - if you're winning, you have a lot of them; if you're down on your luck, you don't have many.

The Following Phrases Pre-Date Poker

Follow Suit
Meaning:To follow the example of another.
Origins:Here is an early usage:
"The elder begins and younger follows in suit as at Whist" (1680)

Let The Chips Fall Where They May
Meaning:Never mind the consequences: speak your mind or do what you think must be done.
Origins:Here is an early usage:
"He [President Grant] will hew to the line of right, let the chips fall where they may." -- Roscoe Conkling (1880)
Evolved from an old 14th century proverb: "Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye."

Play Your Cards Right
Meaning:Make good use of one's resources or strategies.
Origins:According to The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms this first appeared in the mid 1700s.

Strong Suit
Meaning:A quality, activity, or skill in which a person excels.

Wild Card
Meaning:An unpredictable or unforeseeable factor.
Origins:The term wild card has been known in card games since the early sixteenth century, meaning "a card whose value is determined by the players in a particular game."

A man walked by a table in a hotel and noticed three men and a dog playing cards.
The dog was playing with extraordinary performance.
"This is a very smart dog.", the man commented.
"Not so smart," said one of the players. "every time he gets a good hand he wags his tail."

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A bunch of lawyers were sitting around the office playing Poker.
"I win!" said Johnson, at which point Henderson threw down his cards.
"That's it! I've had it! Johnson is cheating!!!"
"How can you tell?" Phillips asked.
"Those aren't the cards I dealt him!"

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All evening long four card players had been pestered by Morris, a self-proclaimed genius
who commented on everyone's Poker hand and style of play.
When Morris went out of the room for a moment, they hit on a plan to silence him.
"Let's make up a game no one ever heard of," one of them said. "Then he'll have to shut up."
The busybody Morris returned. The dealer tore two cards in half and gave them to the man on
his left. He tore the corners off three cards and spread them out in front of the man opposite
him. Then he tore five cards in quarters, gave 15 pieces to the man on his right and kept five himself.
"I have a mingle," he said. "I'll bet a dollar."
"I have a snazzle," the next man announced. "I'll raise you two dollars."
The third man folded without betting, and the fourth, after much deliberation, said,
"I've got a farfle. I'll raise you five dollars."
Morris shook his head vehemently.
"You're crazy," he said. "You're never going to beat a mingle and a snazzle with a lousy farfle!"

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A regular Friday night Poker game was still going strong well after midnight when one of the players
returned from bathroom with an urgent report.
"Roger, listen," he told the host, "Walter's in the kitchen making love to your wife!"
"OK, that's it, guys," Roger said. "This is positively the last deal."

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What is the difference between prayer in a church and at the Poker table?
At the Poker table, you really mean it.

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I was playing Poker one night with Tarot cards.
I got a Full House and four people died.

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What is the difference between a large pizza and a professional Poker player?
The large pizza can feed a family of four.

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What is the difference between a dog and a Poker player?
The dog will eventually quit whining.

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A man comes home from his weekly game and his annoying wife is waiting for him as usual.
He tells her "Sorry but I lost you in a Poker game. You have to leave."
She asks "How did you do that, you fool?"
He replies "It wasn't easy, I had to fold a royal flush."

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What is the difference between a professional Poker player and God?
God doesn't think he is a professional Poker player.

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A man hears a voice telling him to quit his job, sell his house and go to Las Vegas.
He ignores it but the next day, he hears the same voice telling him to quit his job,
sell his house and go to Las Vegas.
He ignores it again.
On the third day, he hears it again so finally decides to do it.
He arrives in Las Vegas and hears "Go the Rio" which he does.
Once he walks in, he hears "Put your last $10,000 on a tournament entry." and he does that too.
The first hand of the contest he is dealt Ace of diamonds and Ace of spades.
The voice says "Go All-in." and he does.
He gets three callers and the flop comes Jack of clubs, Ten of clubs and the 9 of clubs.
He hears the voice say "F*%$!"

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A woman who plays cards once a month with a group of friends was concerned that she always
woke her husband when she came home around 11:30.
One night she decided to try not to rouse him.
She undressed in the living room and, purse over arm, tiptoed nude into the bedroom
only to find her husband sitting up in bed reading.
"Dammit woman!" he exclaimed. "Did you lose everything?"

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A rabbi, a minister, and a priest are playing Poker when the police raid the game.
Addressing the priest, the lead officer asks:
"Father Murphy, were you gambling?"
Turning his eyes to heaven, the priest whispers,
"Lord, forgive me for what I am about to do."
To the police officer, he then says,
"No, officer, I was not gambling."
The officer then asks the minister:
"Pastor Johnson, were you gambling?"
Again, after an appeal to heaven, the minister replies,
"No, officer, I was not gambling."
Turning to the rabbi, the officer again asks:
"Rabbi Goldstein, were you gambling?"
Shrugging his shoulders, the rabbi replies:
"With whom?"

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Judith walked into her living room and saw her brother playing Poker with their dog.
"Amazing!" she sputtered. "This must be the smartest dog in the history of the world!"
"He is not so smart," her brother mumbled. "I have beaten him three out of five games so far."

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Little Ruby had just turned seven and to his parents' sorrow, he had never ever spoken.
Ruby's grandfather that was a famous local Poker player.
The grandfather was very understanding to Ruby's troubles, and usually took Ruby with him any time possible.
One of those places was the local Saturday night $10-$20 hold 'Em game.
Ruby would sit in his grandpa's lap and devotedly watched as grandpa frequently cleaned out
the town's local attorneys, council members, and judges.
Unfortunately, on one of those Saturday nights, grandpa seemed to be loosing every flop, and
for the first time was on the verge of getting cleaned out.
Near the end of that evening in a capped pot, Ruby's grandfather looked at his cards and saw a 2-7 off suit.
Enraged at his lasting bad luck, Ruby's grandfather marked the pot with a call.
Ruby than looked up at his grandfather and suddenly said,
"I think you shouldn't have called that particular bet, papa."
Ruby's grandfather was amazed.
"Ruby, you're seven years old, and this is the first time you've ever spoken!"
Ruby looked at his grandfather and said,
"Well, up until now, you've played just fine."

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A first grade teacher asks one of his pupils:
"Brian, do you already know how to count?"
Brian answers "Sure I do, my father taught me".
The teacher, who fails to believe little Bobby, decides to test the little guy.
"OK", he continues "Brian...what comes after two?" the teacher asks
"Three!" Brian instantly calls out.
"Excellent! OK, Brian, now, what comes after five?"
"Six!" Brian says straight away
"Brian, I must say that your father is an outstanding teacher. I bet he is very proud of you"
"Oh, yes, he is" Brian replies
"OK, now for the last test", the teacher says "What comes after ten?"
Bobby replies, without hesitating for a second, "Jack"

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Did you hear about the leper Poker game?
One guy threw in his hand and the other three laughed their heads off.

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Three couples were playing Poker one evening. Jim accidentally dropped some cards on the floor.
When he bent down under the table to pick them up, he noticed that Bob's wife, Sue, wasn't wearing any
underwear under her dress!
Later, Jim went to the kitchen to get some refreshments. Bob's wife followed and asked,
"Did you see anything that you like under there?"
Surprised by her boldness, Jim admitted that, well indeed he did.
She said, "Well, you can have it but it will cost you $500."
After taking a minute or two, Jim confirms that he is interested.
Sue told him that since her husband Bob worked Friday afternoons and Jim didn't, Jim should be
at her house around 2 p.m. Friday afternoon.
When Friday rolled around, Jim showed up at Bob's house at 2 p.m. sharp - and after paying
the agreed sum of $500 - they went to the bedroom and closed their transaction, as agreed.
Jim quickly dressed and left.
As usual, Bob came home from work at 6 p.m. And upon arriving, asked his wife:
"Did Jim come by the house this afternoon?"
With a lump in her throat Sue answered "Why yes, he did stop by for a few minutes this afternoon."
Her heart nearly skipped a beat when her husband curtly asked,
"And did he give you $500?"
Sue, using her best Poker face, replied,
"Well, yes, in fact he did give me $500."
Bob, with a satisfied look on his face, surprised his wife by saying,
"Great! He came by the office this morning and borrowed $500 from me. He promised he'd stop by our
house this afternoon on his way home and pay me back."

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Six guys were playing Poker when Smith loses $500 on a single hand, clutches his chest, and drops dead at the table.
Showing respect for their fallen comrade, the other five complete their playing time standing up.
Roberts looks around and asks,
"Now, who is going to tell the wife?"
They draw straws.
Rippington, who is always a loser, picks the short one.
They tell him to be discreet, be gentle, don't make a bad situation any worse than it is.
"Gentlemen! Discreet? I'm the most discreet man you will ever meet. Discretion is my middle name, leave it to me."
Rippington walks over to the Smith house, knocks on the door, the wife answers, asks what he wants.
Rippington says, "Your husband just lost $500 playing cards."
She hollers, "TELL HIM TO DROP DEAD!"
Rippington says, "I'll tell him."

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A doctor answers his phone and hears the familiar voice of a colleague on the other end of the line.
"We need a fifth for Poker," said the friend.
"I'll be right over," whispered the doctor.
As he was putting on his coat, his wife asked,
"Is it serious?"
"Oh yes, quite serious," said the doctor gravely. "In fact, there are four doctors there already!"

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A guy was playing $10-$20 Hold 'Em and was stuck about $300 when he looked down beside the table
and saw a little green leprechaun.
"Quit playing Poker forever right now and I'll give you a pot of gold worth a million dollars.",
said the little fellow.
The player replied, "Let me get even first."

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Two dog owners were bragging about the intelligence of their pets.
The brightest dog I ever had," said one, "was a Great Dane that could play cards."
"He was a whiz at Poker, but I had him put to sleep."
"You had him put to sleep, a bright dog like that? A dog like that would be worth a million dollars."
"Had to," he replied, "Caught him using marked cards!"

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While a man is playing Poker, he sees the ghost of George Washington.
"Washington," he asks. "How can I win at Poker?"
Washington says, "You must never tell a lie."
The man thinks that is odd, because Poker can be all about bluffing,
but he follows through, folding on hands when he has nothing. Things don't go well; in fact, he loses almost all of his chips.
He then sees the ghost of Benjamin Franklin.
"What should I do?" The man asked the ghost.
Franklin says, "Be inventive."
So, the man changes tactics, bluffs on almost every hand, but still loses his shirt.
With just one chip left, the man sees the ghost of Abraham Lincoln.
"Abe, ol' fellow, what should I do?"
Lincoln answers, "Go see a play."

---

Johnson was tiptoeing into the house at 5AM trying not to awaken his wife, but it didn't help.
She woke up and asked,
"Where the heck have you been?"
Guiltily, he said,
"OK, I admit it. I took my secretary to dinner and one thing led to another..."
"Stop lying" she interrupted. "YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING POKER."

---

A guy was sitting quietly reading his paper when his wife walked up behind him and whacked him on the head with a magazine.
"What was that for?" he asked.
She shouted, "I overheard you talking to your Poker buddies about how great Betty and Barbara were the other night!"
The hubby chuckled as he explained the mix-up:
"Two weeks ago I won a huge pot with pocket Queens. I called them Betty and Barbara!"
"Oh honey, I'm sorry," she said. "I should have known there was a good explanation."
Three days later he was watching a ballgame on TV when she walked up and hit him in the head again, this time with the iron skillet, which knocked him out cold.
When he came back to he asked, "What in heavens name was that for?"
She replied, "Your pocket pair just called."

---

A man rushes into his house and yells to his wife,
"Martha, pack up your things. I just won the World Series of Poker!"
Martha replies,
"Shall I pack for warm weather or cold?"
The man responds,
"I don't care. Just so long as you're out of the house by noon!"

"It never hurts for potential opponents to think you're more than a little stupid and can hardly count all the money in your hip pocket, much less hold on to it." -- Amarillo Slim

"Limit Poker is a science, but no-limit is an art. In limit, you are shooting at a target. In no-limit, the target comes alive and shoots back at you." -- Jack Strauss

"The game exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great." -- Walter Matthau

"Your best chance to get a Royal Flush in a casino is in the bathroom." -- VP Pappy

"Don't get mad that you lost, get mad because you didn't win." -- Michael Gersitz

"It is better to make people think you are a bad Poker player, then to play and remove all doubt. Don't play to impress, play to win." -- Michael Gersitz

"Most of the money you'll win at Poker comes not from the brilliance of your own play, but from the ineptitude of your opponents." -- Lou Krieger

"Poker is a combination of luck and skill. People think mastering the skill part is hard, but they're wrong. The trick to Poker is mastering the luck." -- Jesse May

"There is a very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune: go there with a large one." -- Jack Yelton

"Poker is alot like sex, everyone thinks they are the best, but most don't have a clue what they are doing!" -- Dutch Boyd

"Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or doesn't play Poker." -- Amarillo Slim

"I never go looking for a sucker. I look for a Champion and make a sucker of of him." -- Amarillo Slim

"Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser." -- Stu Ungar

"If you always start with the worst hand, you never have a bad-beat story to tell." -- Chuck Thompson

"Omaha is a game that was invented by a Sadist and is played by Masochists." -- Shane Smith

"Gambling, the sure way of getting nothing for something." -- Wilson Mizner

"All I know is, if the cards ever break even -- I'm screwed." -- Rich Korbin

"In the long run there's no luck in Poker, but the short run is longer than most people know." -- Rick Bennet

"Poker: the art of civilized bushwhacking." -- Nick Dandalos

"The good news is that in every deck of fifty-two cards there are 2,598,960 possible hands. The bad news is that you are only going to be dealt one of them." -- Anthony Holden

"Put yourself in their shoes before you decide on the best way to take their shirts." -- David Sklansky

Badugi Odds Chart

Outs	1 Draw	2 Draws	3 Draws
1	2%	4%	6%
2	4%	8%	12%
3	6%	12%	18%
4	8%	16%	23%
5	10%	20%	29%
6	13%	24%	34%
7	15%	27%	38%
8	17%	31%	43%
9	19%	34%	47%
10	21%	38%	51%

Odds of Being Dealt These Hands

Hand	Distinct Hands	Possible Combinations	Probability	Odds Against
Four of a Kind	13	13	0.0048%	20,824 to 1
Three of a Kind	312	2,496	0.922%	107 to 1
Two Pair	234	2,808	1.04%	95.4 to 1
Pair	5,148	82,368	30.4%	2.29 to 1
No Pair	10,725	183,040	67.6%	0.479 to 1
Four of Same Suit	715	2,860	1.06%	93.7 to 1
Three of Same Suit	3,718	44,616	16.5%	5.07 to 1
Two of One Suit, Two of One Another	3,081	36,504	13.5%	6.42 to 1
Two of One Suit	7,098	158,184	58.4%	0.711 to 1
One of Each Suit (Rainbow)	1,820	28,561	10.5%	8.48 to 1
Four to an Eight Low	70	17,920	6.62%	14.1 to 1
Three to an Eight Low	224	87,808	32.4%	2.08 to 1
Two to an Eight Low	168	113,904	42.1%	1.38 to 1
No Qualifying Low	33	51,093	18.9%	4.3 to 1

Odds of Making an Eight Low on the Flop

	Make Low				Miss Low				No Low				Make Low when Low possible
Hand	Combos	Probability	Odds		Combos	Probability	Odds		Combos	Probability	Odds		Probability	Odds
Two to a Low	1,280	0.0740	12.51 to 1		1,656	0.0957	9.44 to 1		14,360	0.8302	0.20 to 1		0.4360	1.29 to 1
Three Lows - with Pair	1,280	0.0740	12.51 to 1		1,344	0.0777	11.87 to 1		14,672	0.8483	0.18 to 1		0.4878	1.05 to 1
Four Lows - with Trips	1,280	0.0740	12.51 to 1		1,032	0.0597	15.76 to 1		14,984	0.8663	0.15 to 1		0.5536	0.81 to 1
Four Lows - two Pairs	1,280	0.0740	12.51 to 1		1,056	0.0611	15.38 to 1		14,960	0.8649	0.16 to 1		0.5479	0.83 to 1
Three to a Low	2,080	0.1203	7.32 to 1		567	0.0328	29.50 to 1		14,649	0.8470	0.18 to 1		0.7858	0.27 to 1
Four Lows - with Pair	1,920	0.1110	8.01 to 1		438	0.0253	38.49 to 1		14,938	0.8637	0.16 to 1		0.8142	0.23 to 1
Four to a Low	2,272	0.1314	6.61 to 1		108	0.0062	159.15 to 1		14,916	0.8624	0.16 to 1		0.9546	0.05 to 1

Odds of Making an Eight Low on the Turn

	Make Low				Miss Low				No Low				Make Low when Low possible
Hand	Combos	Probability	Odds		Combos	Probability	Odds		Combos	Probability	Odds		Probability	Odds
Two to a Low	40,320	0.2072	3.83 to 1		38,484	0.1978	4.06 to 1		115,776	0.5950	0.68 to 1		0.5116	0.95 to 1
Three Lows - with Pair	40,320	0.2072	3.83 to 1		31,968	0.1643	5.09 to 1		122,292	0.6285	0.59 to 1		0.5578	0.79 to 1
Four Lows - with Trips	40,320	0.2072	3.83 to 1		25,140	0.1292	6.74 to 1		129,120	0.6636	0.51 to 1		0.6159	0.62 to 1
Four Lows - two Pairs	40,320	0.2072	3.83 to 1		25,680	0.1320	6.58 to 1		128,580	0.6608	0.51 to 1		0.6109	0.64 to 1
Three to a Low	59,520	0.3059	2.27 to 1		13,284	0.0683	13.65 to 1		121,776	0.6258	0.60 to 1		0.8175	0.22 to 1
Four Lows - with Pair	56,000	0.2878	2.47 to 1		10,515	0.0540	17.50 to 1		128,065	0.6582	0.52 to 1		0.8419	0.19 to 1
Four to a Low	64,464	0.3313	2.02 to 1		2,565	0.0132	74.86 to 1		127,551	0.6555	0.53 to 1		0.9617	0.04 to 1

Odds of Making an Eight Low on the River

	Make Low				Miss Low				No Low				Make Low when Low possible
Hand	Combos	Probability	Odds		Combos	Probability	Odds		Combos	Probability	Odds		Probability	Odds
Two to a Low	625,344	0.3652	1.74 to 1		432,480	0.2526	2.96 to 1		654,480	0.3822	1.62 to 1		0.5912	0.69 to 1
Three Lows - with Pair	625,344	0.3652	1.74 to 1		367,320	0.2145	3.66 to 1		719,640	0.4203	1.38 to 1		0.6300	0.59 to 1
Four Lows - with Trips	625,344	0.3652	1.74 to 1		295,644	0.1727	4.79 to 1		791,316	0.4621	1.16 to 1		0.6790	0.47 to 1
Four Lows - two Pairs	625,344	0.3652	1.74 to 1		301,464	0.1761	4.68 to 1		785,496	0.4587	1.18 to 1		0.6747	0.48 to 1
Three to a Low	847,944	0.4952	1.02 to 1		150,264	0.0878	10.40 to 1		714,096	0.4170	1.40 to 1		0.8495	0.18 to 1
Four Lows - with Pair	810,784	0.4735	1.11 to 1		121,808	0.0711	13.06 to 1		779,712	0.4554	1.20 to 1		0.8694	0.15 to 1
Four to a Low	908,976	0.5308	0.88 to 1		29,376	0.0172	57.29 to 1		773,952	0.4520	1.21 to 1		0.9687	0.03 to 1

Odds of Making These Hands

		Make on Flop			Make by Turn			Make by River
Dealt	Final Hand	Probability	Odds		Probability	Odds		Probability	Odds
Four of a Kind	Full House	0.0027752	359.33 to 1		0.0109158	90.61 to 1		0.0268270	36.28 to 1
	Two pair	0.1831637	4.46 to 1		0.3378353	1.96 to 1		0.4995375	1.00 to 1
	One pair	0.8140611	0.23 to 1		0.6512488	0.54 to 1		0.4736355	1.11 to 1
Three of a Kind	Four of a Kind	0.0000578	17,295.00 to 1		0.0002313	4,323.00 to 1		0.0005782	1,728.60 to 1
	Full House	0.0065333	152.06 to 1		0.0252698	38.57 to 1		0.0597826	15.73 to 1
	Three of a Kind	0.0661425	14.12 to 1		0.0824237	11.13 to 1		0.0909652	9.99 to 1
	Two pair	0.1640842	5.09 to 1		0.2950971	2.39 to 1		0.4243756	1.36 to 1
	One pair	0.7631822	0.31 to 1		0.5969781	0.68 to 1		0.4242985	1.36 to 1
	Four of a Kind or Full House	0.0065911	150.72 to 1		0.0255011	38.21 to 1		0.0603608	15.57 to 1
	Four of a Kind, Full House, or Three of a Kind	0.0727336	12.75 to 1		0.1079248	8.27 to 1		0.1513259	5.61 to 1
Two Pair	Four of a Kind	0.0053191	187.00 to 1		0.0106332	93.05 to 1		0.0177048	55.48 to 1
	Full House	0.0178076	55.16 to 1		0.0656337	14.24 to 1		0.1463408	5.83 to 1
	Three of a Kind	0.2136910	3.68 to 1		0.2351732	3.25 to 1		0.2220167	3.50 to 1
	Two Pair	0.1526364	5.55 to 1		0.2543941	2.93 to 1		0.3376503	1.96 to 1
	One Pair	0.6105458	0.64 to 1		0.4341659	1.30 to 1		0.2762874	2.62 to 1
	Four of a Kind or a Full House	0.0231267	42.24 to 1		0.0762668	12.11 to 1		0.1640456	5.10 to 1
	Four of a Kind, Full House, or Three of a Kind	0.2368178	3.22 to 1		0.3114400	2.21 to 1		0.3860623	1.59 to 1
One Pair	Four of a Kind	0.0027752	359.33 to 1		0.0057817	171.96 to 1		0.0100204	98.80 to 1
	Full House	0.0109852	90.03 to 1		0.0413969	23.16 to 1		0.0950871	9.52 to 1
	Three of a Kind	0.1259251	6.94 to 1		0.1510947	5.62 to 1		0.1586634	5.30 to 1
	Two Pair	0.1665125	5.01 to 1		0.2886216	2.46 to 1		0.3971491	1.52 to 1
	One Pair	0.6938020	0.44 to 1		0.5131051	0.95 to 1		0.3390800	1.95 to 1
	Four of a Kind or Full House	0.0137604	71.67 to 1		0.0471785	20.20 to 1		0.1051075	8.51 to 1
	Four of a Kind, Full House, or Three of a Kind	0.1396855	6.16 to 1		0.1982732	4.04 to 1		0.2637709	2.79 to 1
No Pair	Four of a Kind	0.0002313	4,323.00 to 1		0.0009251	1,080.00 to 1		0.0023127	431.40 to 1
	Full House	0.0062442	159.15 to 1		0.0219241	44.61 to 1		0.0480616	19.81 to 1
	Three of a Kind	0.0270583	35.96 to 1		0.0470398	20.26 to 1		0.0699058	13.30 to 1
	Two Pair	0.1186401	7.43 to 1		0.1952359	4.12 to 1		0.2654739	2.77 to 1
	One Pair	0.5370028	0.86 to 1		0.5691027	0.76 to 1		0.5388950	0.86 to 1
	No Pair	0.3108233	2.22 to 1		0.1657724	5.03 to 1		0.0753511	12.27 to 1
	Four of a Kind or Full House	0.0064755	153.43 to 1		0.0228492	42.77 to 1		0.0503742	18.85 to 1
	Four of a Kind, Full House, or Three of a Kind	0.0335338	28.82 to 1		0.0698890	13.31 to 1		0.1202800	7.31 to 1
Four of Same Suit	Flush	0.0048566	204.90 to 1		0.01748381	56.20 to 1		0.0392944	24.45 to 1
Three of Same Suit	Flush	0.0069380	143.13 to 1		0.02451434	39.79 to 1		0.0540745	17.49 to 1
Two of One Suit, Two of Another	Flush	0.0190796	51.41 to 1		0.06614246	14.12 to 1		0.1431545	5.99 to 1
Two of One Suit	Flush	0.0095398	103.82 to 1		0.03307123	29.24 to 1		0.0715772	12.97 to 1

Odds of These Hands Being The Nuts

	After the Flop				After the Turn				After the River
Hand	Combos	Probability	Odds		Combos	Probability	Odds		Combos	Probability	Odds
Straight Flush	256	0.0116	85.33 to 1		11,712	0.0433	22.12 to 1		261,920	0.1008	8.923 to 1
Four of a Kind	3,796	0.1718	4.822 to 1		85,368	0.3153	2.171 to 1		1,173,696	0.4516	1.214 to 1
Full House	0	0			13	< 0.0001	20,824 to 1		624	0.0002	4164 to 1
Flush	888	0.0402	23.89 to 1		27,772	0.1026	8.748 to 1		390,520	0.1503	5.655 to 1
Straight	3,840	0.1738	4.755 to 1		88,128	0.3255	2.072 to 1		724,800	0.2789	2.586 to 1
Three of a Kind	13,320	0.6027	0.6592 to 1		57,732	0.2132	3.689 to 1		47,400	0.0182	53.83 to 1

Odds of Making The Nut Low With These Hands

* represents any high card x & y represents 6, 7, or 8	Make on Flop					Make by Turn					Make by River
	Nut low		Nuts if low			Nut low		Nuts if low			Nut low		Nuts if low
Hand	Prob.	Odds	Prob.	Odds		Prob.	Odds	Prob.	Odds		Prob.	Odds	Prob.	Odds
A-2-3-4	0.1314	6.6 to 1	0.9546	<0.1 to 1		0.3246	2.1 to 1	0.9424	0.1 to 1		0.5087	1.0 to 1	0.9283	0.1 to 1
A-2-3-5	0.1126	7.9 to 1	0.8185	0.2 to 1		0.2788	2.6 to 1	0.8095	0.2 to 1		0.4385	1.3 to 1	0.8002	0.2 to 1
A-2-3-*	0.1203	7.3 to 1	0.7858	0.3 to 1		0.2859	2.5 to 1	0.7641	0.3 to 1		0.4314	1.3 to 1	0.7400	0.4 to 1
A-A-2-3, A-2-2-3, A-2-3-3	0.1110	8.0 to 1	0.8142	0.2 to 1		0.2723	2.7 to 1	0.7965	0.3 to 1		0.4229	1.4 to 1	0.7764	0.3 to 1
A-2-3-x	0.1064	8.4 to 1	0.7731	0.3 to 1		0.2591	2.9 to 1	0.7523	0.3 to 1		0.3997	1.5 to 1	0.7294	0.4 to 1
A-2-4-5	0.0835	11.0 to 1	0.6067	0.6 to 1		0.2108	3.7 to 1	0.6120	0.6 to 1		0.3393	1.9 to 1	0.6192	0.6 to 1
A-A-2-4, A-2-2-4	0.0833	11.0 to 1	0.6107	0.6 to 1		0.2070	3.8 to 1	0.6055	0.7 to 1		0.3267	2.1 to 1	0.5999	0.7 to 1
A-A-A-2, A-2-2-2	0.0740	12.5 to 1	0.5536	0.8 to 1		0.1822	4.5 to 1	0.5416	0.8 to 1		0.2842	2.5 to 1	0.5283	0.9 to 1
A-A-2-2	0.0740	12.5 to 1	0.5479	0.8 to 1		0.1822	4.5 to 1	0.5372	0.9 to 1		0.2842	2.5 to 1	0.5250	0.9 to 1
A-A-2-5, A-2-2-5	0.0694	13.4 to 1	0.5089	1.0 to 1		0.1727	4.8 to 1	0.5051	1.0 to 1		0.2735	2.7 to 1	0.5022	1.0 to 1
A-A-2-*, A-2-2-*	0.0740	12.5 to 1	0.4878	1.1 to 1		0.1760	4.7 to 1	0.4737	1.1 to 1		0.2657	2.8 to 1	0.4583	1.2 to 1
A-3-4-5, 2-3-4-5	0.0569	16.6 to 1	0.4134	1.4 to 1		0.1500	5.7 to 1	0.4355	1.3 to 1		0.2527	3.0 to 1	0.4611	1.2 to 1
A-2-*-*	0.0740	12.5 to 1	0.4360	1.3 to 1		0.1697	4.9 to 1	0.4191	1.4 to 1		0.2479	3.0 to 1	0.4013	1.5 to 1
A-A-2-x, A-2-2-x	0.0648	14.4 to 1	0.4750	1.1 to 1		0.1579	5.3 to 1	0.4619	1.2 to 1		0.2440	3.1 to 1	0.4480	1.2 to 1
A-2-x-*	0.0648	14.4 to 1	0.4231	1.4 to 1		0.1525	5.6 to 1	0.4075	1.5 to 1		0.2282	3.4 to 1	0.3914	1.6 to 1
A-2-x-y	0.0564	16.7 to 1	0.4101	1.4 to 1		0.1363	6.3 to 1	0.3956	1.5 to 1		0.2090	3.8 to 1	0.3813	1.6 to 1
A-2-x-x	0.0555	17.0 to 1	0.4071	1.5 to 1		0.1344	6.4 to 1	0.3931	1.5 to 1		0.2065	3.8 to 1	0.3791	1.6 to 1
A-3-*-*, 2-3-*-*	0.0370	26.0 to 1	0.2180	3.6 to 1		0.0891	10.2 to 1	0.2201	3.5 to 1		0.1383	6.2 to 1	0.2238	3.5 to 1
A-4-*-*, 2-4-*-*, 3-4-*-*	0.0148	66.6 to 1	0.0872	10.5 to 1		0.0395	24.3 to 1	0.0975	9.3 to 1		0.0687	13.6 to 1	0.1111	8.0 to 1
A-5-*-*, 2-5-*-*, 3-5-*-*, 4-5-*-*	0.0037	269.3 to 1	0.0218	44.9 to 1		0.0133	74.1 to 1	0.0329	29.4 to 1		0.0300	32.4 to 1	0.0485	19.6 to 1

Odds of Being Dealt These Hands

Hand	Probability	Odds Against
A-K suited (or any specific suited cards)	0.302%	331 to 1
A-A (or any specific pair)	0.453%	220 to 1
A-Ks, K-Qs, Q-Js, or J-10s (suited cards)	1.21%	81.9 to 1
A-K (or any specific non-pair, incl. suited)	1.21%	81.9 to 1
A-A, K-K, or Q-Q	1.36%	72.7 to 1
A-A, K-K, Q-Q, or J-J	1.81%	54.3 to 1
Suited cards, Jack or better	1.81%	54.3 to 1
A-A, K-K, Q-Q, J-J, or 10-10	2.26%	43.2 to 1
Suited cards, 10 or better	3.02%	32.2 to 1
Suited connectors	3.92%	24.5 to 1
Connected cards, 10 or better	4.83%	19.7 to 1
Any two cards Queen or better	4.98%	19.1 to 1
Any Pair	5.88%	16 to 1
Any two cards Jack or better	9.05%	10.1 to 1
Any two cards Ten or better	14.3%	5.98 to 1
Connected cards (cards of consecutive rank)	15.7%	5.38 to 1
Any two cards Nine or better	20.8%	3.81 to 1
Neither connected nor suited, at least one 2-9	53.4%	0.873 to 1

Odds of Making These Hands

			Flop			Turn			River
Hand	Outs		Probability	Odds		Probability	Odds		Probability	Odds
Inside straight flush Four of a Kind	1		2.13%	46.0 to 1		2.17%	45.0 to 1		4.26%	22.5 to 1
Open-ended straight flush Three of a Kind	2		4.26%	22.5 to 1		4.35%	22.0 to 1		8.42%	10.9 to 1
High pair	3		6.38%	14.7 to 1		6.52%	14.3 to 1		12.49%	7.01 to 1
Inside straight Full House	4		8.51%	10.8 to 1		8.7%	10.5 to 1		16.47%	5.07 to 1
Three of a Kind or two pair	5		10.64%	8.40 to 1		10.87%	8.20 to 1		20.35%	3.91 to 1
Either pair	6		12.77%	6.83 to 1		13.04%	6.67 to 1		24.14%	3.14 to 1
Full House or four of a Kind Inside straight or high pair	7		14.89%	5.71 to 1		15.22%	5.57 to 1		27.84%	2.59 to 1
Open-ended straight	8		17.02%	4.88 to 1		17.39%	4.75 to 1		31.45%	2.18 to 1
Flush	9		19.15%	4.22 to 1		19.57%	4.11 to 1		34.97%	1.86 to 1
Inside straight or pair	10		21.28%	3.70 to 1		21.74%	3.60 to 1		38.39%	1.60 to 1
Open-ended straight or high pair	11		23.4%	3.27 to 1		23.91%	3.18 to 1		41.72%	1.40 to 1
Inside straight or flush Flush or high pair	12		25.53%	2.92 to 1		26.09%	2.83 to 1		44.96%	1.22 to 1
	13		27.66%	2.62 to 1		28.26%	2.54 to 1		48.1%	1.08 to 1
Open-ended straight or pair	14		29.79%	2.36 to 1		30.43%	2.29 to 1		51.16%	0.955 to 1
Open-ended straight or flush Flush or pair Inside straight flush or high pair	15		31.91%	2.13 to 1		32.61%	2.07 to 1		54.12%	0.848 to 1
	16		34.04%	1.94 to 1		34.78%	1.88 to 1		56.98%	0.755 to 1
	17		36.17%	1.76 to 1		36.96%	1.71 to 1		59.76%	0.673 to 1
Inside straight or flush or pair Open-ended straight, flush or high pair	18		38.3%	1.61 to 1		39.13%	1.56 to 1		62.44%	0.601 to 1
	19		40.43%	1.47 to 1		41.3%	1.42 to 1		65.03%	0.538 to 1
	20		42.55%	1.35 to 1		43.48%	1.30 to 1		67.53%	0.481 to 1
Open-ended straight, flush or pair	21		44.68%	1.24 to 1		45.65%	1.19 to 1		69.94%	0.430 to 1

The Frequency of These Boards

		Flop			Turn			River
Hand		Probability	Odds		Probability	Odds		Probability	Odds
Three or more of same suit		5.177%	18.3 to 1		13.522%	6.40 to 1		23.589%	3.24 to 1
Four or more of same suit					1.056%	93.7 to 1		3.394%	28.5 to 1
Rainbow flop (all different suits)		39,765%	1.51 to 1		10,55%	8.48 to 1
Three cards of consecutive rank (but not four consecutive)		3.475%	27.8 to 1		11.82%	7.46 to 1		25.068%	2.99 to 1
Four cards to a straight (but not five)					3.877%	24.8 to 1		18.991%	4.27 to 1
Three or more cards of consecutive rank and same suit		0.217%	459 to 1		0.869%	114 to 1		2.172%	45.0 to 1
Three of a Kind (but not a Full House or four of a Kind)		0.235%	424 to 1		0.935%	106 to 1		2.128%	46 to 1
A pair (but not two pair or three or four of a Kind)		16.941%	4.90 to 1		30.417%	2.29 to 1		42.45%	1.36 to 1
Two pair (but not a Full House)					1.037%	95.4 to 1		4.716%	20.2 to 1

The Probability of No Overcard Appearing

		Flop			Turn			River
Hand		Probability	Odds		Probability	Odds		Probability	Odds
KK		0.7745	0.29 to 1		0.7086	0.41 to 1		0.6470	0.55 to 1
QQ		0.5857	0.71 to 1		0.4860	1.06 to 1		0.4015	1.49 to 1
JJ		0.4304	1.32 to 1		0.3205	2.12 to 1		0.2369	3.22 to 1
TT		0.3053	2.28 to 1		0.2014	3.97 to 1		0.1313	6.61 to 1
99		0.2071	3.83 to 1		0.1190	7.40 to 1		0.0673	13.87 to 1
88		0.1327	6.54 to 1		0.0649	14.40 to 1		0.0310	31.21 to 1
77		0.0786	11.73 to 1		0.0318	30.48 to 1		0.0124	79.46 to 1
66		0.0416	23.02 to 1		0.0133	74.26 to 1		0.0040	246.29 to 1
55		0.0186	52.85 to 1		0.0043	229.07 to 1		0.0009	1,057.32 to 1
44		0.0061	162.33 to 1		0.0009	1,095.67 to 1		0.0001	8,406.78 to 1
33		0.0010	979.00 to 1		0.0001	15,352.33 to 1		0.0000	353,125.67 to 1

Probability of Facing a Larger Pair

Hand	1 Opp	2 Opp	3 Opp	4 Opp	5 Opp	6 Opp	7 Opp	8 Opp	9 Opp
KK	0.0049	0.0098	0.0147	0.0196	0.0244	0.0293	0.0342	0.0391	0.0439
QQ	0.0098	0.0195	0.0292	0.0388	0.0484	0.0579	0.0673	0.0766	0.0859
JJ	0.0147	0.0292	0.0436	0.0577	0.0717	0.0856	0.0992	0.1127	0.1259
TT	0.0196	0.0389	0.0578	0.0764	0.0946	0.1124	0.1299	0.1470	0.1637
99	0.0245	0.0484	0.0718	0.0946	0.1168	0.1384	0.1593	0.1795	0.1990
88	0.0294	0.0580	0.0857	0.1125	0.1384	0.1634	0.1873	0.2101	0.2318
77	0.0343	0.0674	0.0994	0.1301	0.1595	0.1874	0.2138	0.2387	0.2619
66	0.0392	0.0769	0.1130	0.1473	0.1799	0.2104	0.2389	0.2651	0.2890
55	0.0441	0.0862	0.1263	0.1642	0.1996	0.2324	0.2623	0.2892	0.3129
44	0.0490	0.0956	0.1395	0.1806	0.2186	0.2532	0.2841	0.3109	0.3334
33	0.0539	0.1048	0.1526	0.1967	0.2370	0.2729	0.3040	0.3300	0.3503
22	0.0588	0.1141	0.1654	0.2124	0.2546	0.2914	0.3222	0.3464	0.3633

Probability of Facing Multiple Larger Pairs

Hand	2 Opp	3 Opp	4 Opp	5 Opp	6 Opp	7 Opp	8 Opp	9 Opp
KK	< 0.00001	0.00001	0.00003	0.00004	0.00007	0.00009	0.00012	0.00016
QQ	0.00006	0.00018	0.00037	0.00061	0.00091	0.00128	0.00171	0.00220
JJ	0.00017	0.00051	0.00102	0.00171	0.00257	0.00360	0.00482	0.00621
TT	0.00033	0.00099	0.00200	0.00335	0.00504	0.00709	0.00950	0.01226
99	0.00054	0.00164	0.00330	0.00553	0.00836	0.01177	0.01580	0.02045
88	0.00081	0.00244	0.00493	0.00828	0.01253	0.01769	0.02378	0.03084
77	0.00112	0.00341	0.00689	0.01160	0.01758	0.02487	0.03351	0.04353
66	0.00149	0.00454	0.00918	0.01550	0.02353	0.03335	0.04503	0.05861
55	0.00191	0.00583	0.01182	0.01998	0.03040	0.04318	0.05840	0.07619
44	0.00239	0.00728	0.01480	0.02506	0.03821	0.05438	0.07371	0.09635
33	0.00291	0.00890	0.01812	0.03075	0.04698	0.06699	0.09099	0.11919
22	0.00349	0.01068	0.02180	0.03706	0.05673	0.08107	0.11034	0.14484

Probability of Facing an Ace with Larger Kicker

Hand	1 Opp	2 Opp	3 Opp	4 Opp	5 Opp	6 Opp	7 Opp	8 Opp	9 Opp
AK	0.00245	0.00489	0.00733	0.00976	0.01219	0.01460	0.01702	0.01942	0.02183
AQ	0.01224	0.02434	0.03629	0.04809	0.05974	0.07126	0.08263	0.09386	0.10496
AJ	0.02204	0.04360	0.06468	0.08529	0.10545	0.12517	0.14445	0.16331	0.18175
A10	0.03184	0.06266	0.09250	0.12139	0.14937	0.17645	0.20267	0.22805	0.25263
A9	0.04163	0.08153	0.11977	0.15642	0.19154	0.22520	0.25745	0.28837	0.31799
A8	0.05143	0.10021	0.14649	0.19038	0.23202	0.27152	0.30898	0.34452	0.37823
A7	0.06122	0.11870	0.17266	0.22331	0.27086	0.31550	0.35741	0.39675	0.43369
A6	0.07102	0.13700	0.19829	0.25523	0.30812	0.35726	0.40291	0.44531	0.48471
A5	0.08082	0.15510	0.22338	0.28615	0.34384	0.39687	0.44561	0.49041	0.53160
A4	0.09061	0.17301	0.24795	0.31609	0.37806	0.43442	0.48567	0.53227	0.57465
A3	0.10041	0.19073	0.27199	0.34509	0.41085	0.47000	0.52322	0.57109	0.61416
A2	0.11020	0.20826	0.29552	0.37315	0.44223	0.50370	0.55840	0.60706	0.65037

Probabilities

	Probability	Odds Against
Pocket pair improving to three of a Kind on flop	12	7 to 1
No pair preflop improving to a pair on the flop (either card)	32	2.125 to 1
If you have suited cards, two will flop	11	8 to 1
One pair on flop improving to two pair or three of a Kind by river	22	3.7 to 1
Pocket pair improving to three of a Kind after flop	9	10 to 1
Two over cards improving to a pair by river	26	2.9 to 1
Two over cards and a gutshot improving to pair or straight	43	1.3 to 1
Inside straight draw hitting by river	17	5 to 1
Inside straight draw and pair improving to two pair or better	39	1.6 to 1
Runner Runner Flush hitting	4	23 to 1
Runner Runner Straight hitting	1.5	67 to 1
Backdoor Flush and One Over Card improving to that pair or flush	17	5 to 1
Catching Ace on turn or river (A4 Flop=Q63 KA)	13	7 to 1
Backdoor Flush and Gutshot improving to one by river (Ac4c Flop=3s5cKs)	21	3.8 to 1
Backdoor Flush And Two Over Cards improving to pair or flush	30	2.3 to 1
5 players see the flop, someone pairs their Ace	58	0.7 to 1
4 players see the flop, someone pairs their Ace	47	1.1 to 1
3 players see the flop, someone pairs their Ace	35	1.9 to 1
2 players see the flop, someone pairs their Ace	23	3.3 to 1
3 of one suit on board and another coming if you have one	39	1.6 to 1
5 players in with board paired, chance of one of them having it	43	1.4 to 1
4 players in with board paired, chance of one of them having it	34	2 to 1
3 players in with board paired, chance of one of them having it	26	3 to 1
2 players in with board paired, chance of one of them having it	17	4.8 to 1

Probability of Winning

Hand	1 Opp	2 Opp	3 Opp	4 Opp	5 Opp	6 Opp	7 Opp	8 Opp	9 Opp
AA	85.3	73.4	63.9	55.9	49.2	43.6	38.8	34.7	31.1
Ak suited	67.0	50.7	41.4	35.4	31.1	27.7	25.0	22.7	20.7
AK	65.4	48.2	38.6	32.4	27.9	24.4	21.6	19.2	17.2
AQ suited	66.1	49.4	39.9	33.7	29.4	26.0	23.3	21.1	19.3
AQ	64.5	46.8	36.9	30.4	25.9	22.5	19.7	17.5	15.5
AJ suited	65.4	48.2	38.5	32.2	27.8	24.5	22.0	19.9	18.1
AJ	63.6	45.6	35.4	28.9	24.4	21.0	18.3	16.1	14.3
AT suited	64.7	47.1	37.2	31.0	26.7	23.5	21.0	18.9	17.3
AT	62.9	44.4	34.1	27.6	23.1	19.8	17.2	15.1	13.4
A9 suited	63.0	44.8	34.6	28.4	24.2	21.1	18.8	16.9	15.4
A9	60.9	41.8	31.2	24.7	20.3	17.1	14.7	12.8	11.2
A8 suited	62.1	43.7	33.6	27.4	23.3	20.3	18.0	16.2	14.8
A8	60.1	40.8	30.1	23.7	19.4	16.2	13.9	12.0	10.6
A7 suited	61.1	42.6	32.6	26.5	22.5	19.6	17.4	15.7	14.3
A7	59.1	39.4	28.9	22.6	18.4	15.4	13.2	11.4	10.1
A6 suited	60.0	41.3	31.4	25.6	21.7	19.0	16.9	15.3	14.0
A6	57.8	38.0	27.6	21.5	17.5	14.7	12.6	10.9	9.6
A5 suited	59.9	41.4	31.8	26.0	22.2	19.6	17.5	15.9	14.5
A5	57.7	38.2	27.9	22.0	18.0	15.2	13.1	11.5	10.1
A4 suited	58.9	40.4	30.9	25.3	21.6	19.0	17.0	15.5	14.2
A4	56.4	36.9	26.9	21.1	17.3	14.7	12.6	11.0	9.8
A3 suited	58.0	39.4	30.0	24.6	21.0	18.5	16.6	15.1	13.9
A3	55.6	35.9	26.1	20.4	16.7	14.2	12.2	10.7	9.5
A2 suited	57.0	38.5	29.2	23.9	20.4	18.0	16.1	14.6	13.4
A2	54.6	35.0	25.2	19.6	16.1	13.6	11.7	10.2	9.1
KK	82.4	68.9	58.2	49.8	43.0	37.5	32.9	29.2	26.1
KQ suited	63.4	47.1	38.2	32.5	28.3	25.1	22.5	20.4	18.6
KQ	61.4	44.4	35.2	29.3	25.1	21.8	19.1	16.9	15.1
KJ suited	62.6	45.9	36.8	31.1	26.9	23.8	21.3	19.3	17.6
KJ	60.6	43.1	33.6	27.6	23.5	20.2	17.7	15.6	13.9
KT suited	61.9	44.9	35.7	29.9	25.8	22.8	20.4	18.5	16.9
KT	59.9	42.0	32.5	26.5	22.3	19.2	16.7	14.7	13.1
K9 suited	60.0	42.4	32.9	27.2	23.2	20.3	18.1	16.3	14.8
K9	58.0	39.5	29.6	23.6	19.5	16.5	14.1	12.3	10.8
K8 suited	58.5	40.2	30.8	25.1	21.3	18.6	16.5	14.8	13.5
K8	56.3	37.2	27.3	21.4	17.4	14.6	12.5	10.8	9.4
K7 suited	57.8	39.4	30.1	24.5	20.8	18.1	16.0	14.5	13.2
K7	55.4	36.1	26.3	20.5	16.7	13.9	11.8	10.2	9.0
K6 suited	56.8	38.4	29.1	23.7	20.1	17.5	15.6	14.0	12.8
K6	54.3	35.0	25.3	19.7	16.0	13.3	11.3	9.8	8.6
K5 suited	55.8	37.4	28.2	23.0	19.5	17.0	15.2	13.7	12.5
K5	53.3	34.0	24.5	19.0	15.4	12.9	11.0	9.5	8.3
K4 suited	54.7	36.4	27.4	22.3	19.0	16.6	14.8	13.4	12.3
K4	52.1	32.8	23.4	18.1	14.7	12.3	10.5	9.1	8.0
K3 suited	53.8	35.5	26.7	21.7	18.4	16.2	14.5	13.1	12.1
K3	51.2	31.9	22.7	17.6	14.2	11.9	10.2	8.9	7.8
K2 suited	52.9	34.6	26.0	21.2	18.1	15.9	14.3	13.0	11.9
K2	50.2	30.9	21.8	16.9	13.7	11.5	9.8	8.6	7.6
QQ	79.9	64.9	53.5	44.7	37.9	32.5	28.3	24.9	22.2
QJ suited	60.3	44.1	35.6	30.1	26.1	23.0	20.7	18.7	17.1
QJ	58.2	41.4	32.6	26.9	22.9	19.8	17.3	15.3	13.7
QT suited	59.5	43.1	34.6	29.1	25.2	22.3	19.9	18.1	16.6
QT	57.4	40.2	31.3	25.7	21.6	18.6	16.3	14.4	12.9
Q9 suited	57.9	40.7	31.9	26.4	22.5	19.7	17.6	15.9	14.5
Q9	55.5	37.6	28.5	22.9	19.0	16.1	13.8	12.1	10.7
Q8 suited	56.2	38.6	29.7	24.4	20.7	18.0	16.0	14.4	13.2
Q8	53.8	35.4	26.2	20.6	16.9	14.1	12.1	10.5	9.2
Q7 suited	54.5	36.7	27.9	22.7	19.2	16.7	14.8	13.3	12.1
Q7	51.9	33.2	24.0	18.6	15.1	12.5	10.6	9.2	8.0
Q6 suited	53.8	35.8	27.1	21.9	18.5	16.1	14.3	12.9	11.7
Q6	51.1	32.3	23.2	17.9	14.4	12.0	10.1	8.8	7.6
Q5 suited	52.9	34.9	26.3	21.4	18.1	15.8	14.1	12.7	11.6
Q5	50.2	31.3	22.3	17.3	13.9	11.6	9.8	8.5	7.4
Q4 suited	51.7	33.9	25.5	20.7	17.6	15.4	13.7	12.4	11.3
Q4	49.0	30.2	21.4	16.4	13.3	11.0	9.4	8.1	7.1
Q3 suited	50.7	33.0	24.7	20.1	17.0	14.9	13.3	12.1	11.1
Q3	47.9	29.2	20.7	15.9	12.8	10.7	9.1	7.9	6.9
Q2 suited	49.9	32.2	24.0	19.5	16.6	14.6	13.1	11.9	10.9
Q2	47.0	28.4	19.9	15.3	12.3	10.3	8.8	7.7	6.8
JJ	77.5	61.2	49.2	40.3	33.6	28.5	24.6	21.6	19.3
JT suited	57.5	41.9	33.8	28.5	24.7	21.9	19.7	17.9	16.5
JT	55.4	39.0	30.7	25.3	21.5	18.6	16.3	14.5	13.1
J9 suited	55.8	39.6	31.3	26.1	22.4	19.7	17.6	15.9	14.6
J9	53.4	36.5	27.9	22.5	18.7	15.9	13.8	12.1	10.8
J8 suited	54.2	37.5	29.1	24.0	20.5	17.9	15.9	14.4	13.2
J8	51.7	34.2	25.6	20.4	16.8	14.1	12.2	10.7	9.5
J7 suited	52.4	35.4	27.1	22.2	18.9	16.4	14.6	13.2	12.0
J7	49.9	32.1	23.5	18.3	14.9	12.4	10.6	9.2	8.1
J6 suited	50.8	33.6	25.4	20.6	17.4	15.2	13.5	12.1	11.1
J6	47.9	29.8	21.4	16.5	13.2	11.0	9.3	8.0	7.0
J5 suited	50.0	32.8	24.7	20.0	17.0	14.7	13.1	11.8	10.8
J5	47.1	29.1	20.7	15.9	12.8	10.6	8.9	7.7	6.7
J4 suited	49.0	31.8	24.0	19.4	16.4	14.3	12.8	11.5	10.6
J4	46.1	28.1	19.9	15.3	12.3	10.2	8.6	7.5	6.5
J3 suited	47.9	30.9	23.2	18.8	16.0	14.0	12.5	11.3	10.4
J3	45.0	27.1	19.1	14.6	11.7	9.8	8.3	7.2	6.3
J2 suited	47.1	30.1	22.6	18.3	15.6	13.7	12.2	11.1	10.2
J2	44.0	26.2	18.4	14.1	11.3	9.4	8.0	7.0	6.2
TT	75.1	57.7	45.2	36.4	30.0	25.3	21.8	19.2	17.2
T9 suited	54.3	38.9	31.0	26.0	22.5	19.8	17.8	16.2	14.9
T9	51.7	35.7	27.7	22.5	18.9	16.2	14.1	12.6	11.3
T8 suited	52.6	36.9	29.0	24.0	20.6	18.1	16.2	14.8	13.6
T8	50.0	33.6	25.4	20.4	16.9	14.4	12.5	11.0	9.9
T7 suited	51.0	34.9	27.0	22.2	19.0	16.6	14.8	13.5	12.4
T7	48.2	31.4	23.4	18.4	15.1	12.8	11.0	9.7	8.6
T6 suited	49.2	32.8	25.1	20.5	17.4	15.2	13.6	12.3	11.2
T6	46.3	29.2	21.2	16.5	13.4	11.2	9.5	8.3	7.3
T5 suited	47.2	30.8	23.3	18.9	16.0	13.9	12.4	11.2	10.2
T5	44.2	27.1	19.3	14.8	11.9	9.9	8.4	7.2	6.4
T4 suited	46.4	30.1	22.7	18.4	15.6	13.6	12.1	11.0	10.0
T4	43.4	26.4	18.7	14.3	11.5	9.5	8.1	7.0	6.2
T3 suited	45.5	29.3	22.0	17.8	15.1	13.2	11.8	10.7	9.8
T3	42.4	25.5	18.0	13.7	11.0	9.1	7.8	6.8	6.0
T2 suited	44.7	28.5	21.4	17.4	14.8	13.0	11.6	10.5	9.7
T2	41.5	24.7	17.3	13.2	10.6	8.8	7.5	6.6	5.8
99	72.1	53.5	41.1	32.6	26.6	22.4	19.4	17.2	15.6
98 suited	51.1	36.0	28.5	23.6	20.2	17.8	15.9	14.5	13.4
98	48.4	32.9	25.1	20.1	16.6	14.2	12.3	10.9	9.9
97 suited	49.5	34.2	26.8	22.1	18.9	16.6	14.9	13.6	12.5
97	46.7	30.9	23.1	18.4	15.1	12.8	11.1	9.8	8.8
96 suited	47.7	32.3	24.9	20.4	17.4	15.3	13.7	12.4	11.4
96	44.9	28.8	21.2	16.6	13.5	11.4	9.8	8.7	7.8
95 suited	45.9	30.4	23.2	18.8	16.0	13.9	12.4	11.3	10.3
95	42.9	26.7	19.2	14.8	12.0	10.0	8.5	7.4	6.6
94 suited	43.8	28.4	21.3	17.3	14.6	12.7	11.3	10.3	9.4
94	40.7	24.6	17.3	13.2	10.5	8.7	7.3	6.4	5.6
93 suited	43.2	27.8	20.8	16.8	14.3	12.5	11.1	10.1	9.2
93	39.9	23.9	16.7	12.7	10.1	8.3	7.1	6.1	5.4
92 suited	42.3	27.0	20.2	16.4	13.9	12.2	10.9	9.9	9.1
92	38.9	22.9	16.0	12.1	9.6	8.0	6.8	5.9	5.2
88	69.1	49.9	37.5	29.4	24.0	20.3	17.7	15.8	14.4
87 suited	48.2	33.9	26.6	22.0	18.9	16.7	15.0	13.7	12.7
87	45.5	30.6	23.2	18.5	15.4	13.1	11.5	10.3	9.3
86 suited	46.5	32.0	25.0	20.6	17.6	15.6	14.1	12.9	11.9
86	43.6	28.6	21.3	16.9	13.9	11.8	10.4	9.2	8.3
85 suited	44.8	30.2	23.2	19.1	16.3	14.3	12.9	11.8	10.9
85	41.7	26.5	19.4	15.2	12.4	10.5	9.1	8.1	7.3
84 suited	42.7	28.1	21.4	17.4	14.8	13.0	11.7	10.6	9.8
84	39.6	24.4	17.5	13.4	10.8	9.0	7.8	6.8	6.1
83 suited	40.8	26.3	19.8	16.0	13.6	11.9	10.7	9.7	8.9
83	37.5	22.4	15.7	11.9	9.5	7.9	6.7	5.8	5.1
82 suited	40.3	25.8	19.4	15.7	13.3	11.7	10.5	9.6	8.8
82	36.8	21.7	15.1	11.4	9.1	7.5	6.4	5.6	4.9
77	66.2	46.4	34.4	26.8	21.9	18.6	16.4	14.8	13.7
76 suited	45.7	32.0	25.1	20.8	18.0	15.9	14.4	13.2	12.3
76	42.7	28.5	21.5	17.1	14.2	12.2	10.8	9.6	8.8
75 suited	43.8	30.1	23.4	19.4	16.7	14.8	13.4	12.3	11.4
75	40.8	26.5	19.7	15.5	12.8	11.0	9.7	8.7	7.9
74 suited	41.8	28.2	21.7	17.9	15.3	13.5	12.2	11.2	10.4
74	38.6	24.5	17.9	13.9	11.4	9.7	8.5	7.6	6.8
73 suited	40.0	26.3	20.0	16.4	14.0	12.3	11.1	10.1	9.3
73	36.6	22.4	16.0	12.3	9.9	8.4	7.2	6.4	5.7
72 suited	38.1	24.5	18.4	15.0	12.8	11.2	10.1	9.2	8.5
72	34.6	20.4	14.2	10.7	8.6	7.2	6.1	5.4	4.8
66	63.3	43.2	31.5	24.5	20.1	17.3	15.4	14.0	13.1
65 suited	43.2	30.2	23.7	19.7	17.0	15.2	13.8	12.7	11.9
65	40.1	26.7	20.0	15.9	13.3	11.5	10.2	9.2	8.5
64 suited	41.4	28.5	22.1	18.4	15.9	14.2	12.9	11.9	11.1
64	38.0	24.7	18.2	14.4	12.0	10.3	9.2	8.3	7.6
63 suited	39.4	26.5	20.4	16.8	14.5	12.9	11.7	10.8	10.0
63	35.9	22.7	16.4	12.8	10.6	9.1	8.0	7.2	6.5
62 suited	37.5	24.8	18.8	15.4	13.3	11.8	10.7	9.8	9.1
62	34.0	20.7	14.6	11.2	9.1	7.8	6.8	6.0	5.4
55	60.3	40.1	28.8	22.4	18.5	16.0	14.4	13.2	12.3
54 suited	41.1	28.8	22.6	18.9	16.5	14.8	13.5	12.5	11.7
54	37.9	25.2	18.8	15.0	12.6	11.0	9.8	8.9	8.2
53 suited	39.3	27.1	21.1	17.5	15.2	13.7	12.5	11.6	10.8
53	35.8	23.3	17.1	13.6	11.4	9.9	8.8	8.0	7.3
52 suited	37.5	25.3	19.5	16.1	14.0	12.5	11.4	10.6	9.8
52	33.9	21.3	15.3	12.0	10.0	8.6	7.6	6.8	6.2
44	57.0	36.8	26.3	20.6	17.3	15.2	13.9	12.9	12.1
43 suited	38.0	26.2	20.3	16.9	14.7	13.1	12.0	11.1	10.3
43	34.4	22.3	16.3	12.8	10.7	9.3	8.3	7.5	6.8
42 suited	36.3	24.6	18.8	15.7	13.7	12.3	11.2	10.4	9.6
42	32.5	20.5	14.7	11.5	9.5	8.3	7.3	6.6	6.0
33	53.7	33.5	23.9	19.0	16.2	14.6	13.5	12.6	12.0
32 suited	35.1	23.6	18.0	14.9	13.0	11.7	10.7	9.9	9.2
32	31.2	19.5	13.9	10.8	8.9	7.7	6.8	6.1	5.6
22	50.3	30.7	22.0	17.8	15.5	14.2	13.3	12.5	12.0

The Frequency of 7-card Hands

Hand	Frequency	Probability	Cumulative	Odds Against
Straight Flush	41,584	0.0311%	0.0311%	3,216 to 1
Four of a Kind	224,848	0.168%	0.199%	594 to 1
Full House	3,473,184	2.6%	2.8%	37.5 to 1
Flush	4,047,644	3.03%	5.82%	32.1 to 1
Straight	6,180,020	4.62%	10.4%	20.6 to 1
Three of a Kind	6,461,620	4.83%	15.3%	19.7 to 1
Two Pair	31,433,400	23.5%	38.8%	3.26 to 1
One Pair	58,627,800	43.8%	82.6%	1.28 to 1
No Pair	23,294,460	17.4%	100%	4.74 to 1

The Probability of Being the High Hand with 7 Cards

Hand	1 Opp	2 Opp	3 Opp	4 Opp	5 Opp	6 Opp	7 Opp
Straight Flush	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Four of a Kind	99.8%	99.7%	99.5%	99.3%	99.2%	99%	98.8%
Full House	97.3%	94.6%	92%	89.5%	87.1%	84.7%	82.4%
Flush	97.3%	94.6%	92%	89.5%	87.1%	84.7%	82.4%
Straight	92.4%	85.5%	79%	73%	67.5%	62.4%	57.7%
Three of a Kind	87.5%	76.6%	67%	58.7%	51.3%	44.9%	39.3%
Two Pair	63.7%	40.6%	25.8%	16.4%	10.5%	6.7%	4.2%
One Pair	18.4%	3.4%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

The Probability of Being Dealt These on the First Three Cards

Hand	Probability	Possible Combinations	Odds Against
3 Aces	0.02	4	5,524 to 1
3 Jacks -- 3 Kings	0.05	12	1,841 to 1
3 Sixes -- 3 Tens	0.09	20	1,104 to 1
3 Twos -- 3 Fives	0.07	16	1,380 to 1
Any Three of a Kind	0.24	52	424 to 1
Pair of Aces	1.30	288	75.7 to 1
Pair of Jacks -- Pair of Kings	3.91	864	24.6 to 1
Pair of Sixes -- Pair of Tens	6.52	1,440	14.3 to 1
Pair of Twos -- Pair of Fives	5.21	1,152	18.2 to 1
Any Pair	16.94	3,744	4.9 to 1
Three to a Straight Flush	1.16	256	85.3 to 1
Three to Another Flush	4.02	888	23.9 to 1
Three to Another Straight	17.38	52	4.76 to 1

The Probability of Improving from Three of a Kind to...

Hand	Probability	Odds Against
Straight Flush	0.0028	35,312 to 1
Four of a Kind	8.17	11.2 to 1
Full House	32.02	2.12 to 1
Flush	0.70	142 to 1
Straight	0.24	418 to 1

The Probability of Improving from a Pair with an Unsuited Kicker to...

Hand	Probability	Odds Against
Straight Flush	0.0042	23,541 to 1
Four of a Kind	0.54	185 to 1
Full House	7.57	12.2 to 1
Flush	0.70	143 to 1
Straight	0.84	118 to 1
Three of a Kind	9.89	9.11 to 1
Two Pair	42.05	1.38 to 1

The Probability of Improving from Three Suited Connectors to...

Hand	Probability	Odds Against
Straight Flush	1.49	66.2 to 1
Four of a Kind	0.07	1,431 to 1
Full House	1.50	65.9 to 1
Flush	16.56	5.04 to 1
Straight	14.91	5.71 to 1
Three of a Kind	3.19	30.3 to 1
Two Pair	17.33	4.77 to 1

The Frequency of 7-card Low Hands

Hand	Frequency	Probability	Cumulative	Odds Against
5 High (The Wheel)	781,824	0.584%	0.584%	170.12 to 1
6 High	3,151,360	2.36%	2.94%	41.45 to 1
7 High	7,426,560	5.55%	8.49%	17.01 to 1
8 High	13,171,200	9.85%	18.3%	9.16 to 1
9 High	19,174,400	14.3%	32.7%	5.98 to 1
10 High	23,675,904	17.7%	50.4%	4.65 to 1
Jack High	24,837,120	18.6%	68.9%	4.39 to 1
Queen High	21,457,920	16%	85%	5.23 to 1
King High	13,939,200	10.4%	95.4%	8.60 to 1

The Probability of Being Dealt These Low Draws on the First Three Cards

Hand	Probability	Possible Combinations	Odds Against
Ace, 2, 3	0.29	64	344 to 1
Four High (Or Better)	1.16	256	85.3 to 1
Five High (Or Better)	2.90	640	33.5 to 1
Six High (Or Better)	5.79	1,280	16.3 to 1
Seven High (Or Better)	10.14	2,240	8.87 to 1
Eight High (Or Better)	16.22	3,584	5.17 to 1
Nine High (Or Better)	24.33	5,376	3.11 to 1

The Probability of Improving from Three to the Wheel (4 Cards to Go) to...

Hand	Probability	Odds Against
Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5	7.15	13 to 1
Six High	11.8	7.48 to 1
Six High (Or Better)	18.95	4.28 to 1
Seven High	14.3	5.99 to 1
Seven High (Or Better)	33.25	2.01 to 1
Eight High	15.02	5.66 to 1
Eight High (Or Better)	48.27	1.07 to 1

The Probability of Improving from Three to the Wheel (3 Cards to Go) to...

Hand	Probability	Odds Against
Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5	3.98	24.1 to 1
Six High	7.22	12.9 to 1
Six High (Or Better)	11.19	7.93 to 1
Seven High	9.71	9.3 to 1
Seven High (Or Better)	20.9	3.78 to 1
Eight High	11.47	7.72 to 1
Eight High (Or Better)	32.38	2.09 to 1

The Probability of Improving from Four to the Wheel (3 Cards to Go) to...

Hand	Probability	Odds Against
Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5	23.43	3.27 to 1
Six High	19.45	4.14 to 1
Six High (Or Better)	42.88	1.33 to 1
Seven High	15.84	5.31 to 1
Seven High (Or Better)	58.72	0.7 to 1
Eight High	12.6	6.93 to 1
Eight High (Or Better)	71.32	0.4 to 1

The Probability of Improving from Four to the Wheel (2 Cards to Go) to...

Hand	Probability	Odds Against
Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5	16.47	5.07 to 1
Six High	14.99	5.67 to 1
Six High (Or Better)	31.45	2.18 to 1
Seven High	13.51	6.4 to 1
Seven High (Or Better)	44.96	1.22 to 1
Eight High	12.03	7.32 to 1
Eight High (Or Better)	56.98	0.75 to 1

The Probability of Improving from Four to the Wheel (1 Card to Go) to...

Hand	Probability	Odds Against
Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5	8.7	10.5 to 1
Six High	8.7	10.5 to 1
Six High (Or Better)	17.39	4.75 to 1
Seven High	8.7	10.5 to 1
Seven High (Or Better)	26.09	2.83 to 1
Eight High	8.7	10.5 to 1
Eight High (Or Better)	34.78	1.88 to 1

The Frequency of 7-card Hands with One Joker

Hand	Possible Combinations	Probability	Odds Against
5 of a Kind	14,664	0.009513%	10,510.93 to 1
Royal Flush	26,132	0.016953%	5,897.66 to 1
Other Straight Flush	184,832	0.119909%	832.96 to 1
4 of a Kind	1,121,024	0.727262%	136.5 to 1
Full House	5,997,144	3.890635%	24.7 to 1
Flush	6,027,224	3.910149%	24.57 to 1
Straight to the Ace	1,543,460	1.001316%	98.86 to 1
Other Straights	9,540,480	6.189366%	15.15 to 1
3 of a Kind	13,315,300	8.638273%	10.57 to 1
Two Pair	31,433,400	20.392352%	3.9 to 1
Pair (Jacks or Better)	21,170,640	13.734408%	6.27 to 1
Other Pair	40,474,320	26.25763%	2.8 to 1
No Pair	23,294,460	15.112232%	5.61 to 1

The Frequency of 7-card Hands with One-Eyed Jacks Wild

Hand	Possible Combinations	Probability	Odds Against
5 of a Kind	75,072	0.056114%	1,782.09 to 1
Royal Flush	54,508	0.040743%	2,453.41 to 1
Other Straight Flush	447,946	0.334826%	297.66 to 1
4 of a Kind	2,552,718	1.908081%	51.41 to 1
Full House	6,733,344	5.032975%	18.87 to 1
Flush	6,388,172	4.77497%	19.94 to 1
Straight to the Ace	1,404,464	1.049795%	94.26 to 1
Other Straights	11,201,130	8.372513%	10.94 to 1
3 of a Kind	15,758,140	11.778743%	7.49 to 1
Two Pair	23,810,436	17.797596%	4.62 to 1
Pair (Jacks or Better)	16,255,890	12.150797%	7.23 to 1
Other Pair	32,047,590	23.954625%	3.17 to 1
No Pair	17,055,150	12.74822%	6.84 to 1

The Frequency of 7-card Hands with Dueces Wild

Hand	Possible Combinations	Probability	Odds Against
5 of a Kind	609,760	0.0455778%	2,193.05 to 1
Royal Flush	399,484	0.0298602%	3,347.94 to 1
Other Straight Flush	1,552,732	1.160621%	85.16 to 1
4 of a Kind	7,504,920	5.609706%	16.83 to 1
Full House	9,421,824	7.042535%	13.2 to 1
Flush	7,993,600	5.974979%	15.74 to 1
Straight to the Ace	4,033,160	3.014668%	32.17 to 1
Other Straights	15,355,640	11.477887%	7.71 to 1
3 of a Kind	20,151,920	15.062964%	5.64 to 1
Two Pair	19,491,840	14.569574%	5.86 to 1
Pair (Jacks or Better)	16,211,160	12.117362%	7.25 to 1
Other Pair	20,708,880	15.479275%	5.46 to 1
No Pair	10,349,640	7.73605%	11.93 to 1