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You may be surprised at the odds of making certain hands or of getting pocket aces as your down cards (220:1).

At the very least, you should know your chances of hitting the hand you have targetted.

The probability of being dealt:

• Pocket aces - 220/1
• Either pocket aces or pocket kings - 110/1
• Any pocket pair - 16/1
• AK suited - 331/1
• AK offsuit - 110/1
• AK suited or offsuit - 82/1
• Any two suited cards - 3.3/1
• Either pocket aces, pocket kings, or AK - 46/1

After being dealt a pocket pair, the probability of:

• Flopping a set or better - 7.5/1
• Flopping a set - 8.3/1
• Flopping a full house - 136/1
• Flopping quads - 407/1
• Making a set or better by the river - 4.2/1

With 2 suited cards, the probability of:

• Flopping a flush - 118/1
• Flopping a flush draw - 8.1/1
• Flopping a backdoor flush draw (3 flush cards) - 1.4/1
• Making a flush by the river - 15/1

With 2 unsuited cards, the probability of:
 
• Flopping a flush draw - 88/1
• Flopping a backdoor flush draw (3 flush cards) - 6.8/1
• Making a flush by the river - 53/1

With 2 non-pair cards, the probability of flopping:

• At least a pair (using your pocket cards) from two non-pair cards - 2.1/1
• A pair (using one of your pocket cards) from two non-pair cards - 2.5/1
• Two pair (using both of your pocket cards) from two non-pair cards - 49/1
• Any two pair from two non-pair cards - 24/1
• Trips (using one of your pocket cards) from two non-pair cards - 73/1
• A full house (using both of your pocket cards) from two non-pair cards - 1087/1
• Quads (using one of your pocket cards) from two non-pair cards - 9799/1

Probability that the flop will be:

• Three of a kind - 424/1
• A pair - 5/1
• Three suited cards - 18/1
• Two suited cards - 0.8/1
• No suited cards - 1.5/1
• Three cards in sequence - 28/1
• Two cards in sequence - 1.5/1
• No cards in sequence - 0.8/1

At the turn, the probability of making:

• A full house or better from a set on the next card - (7 outs) 5.7 to 1
• A full house from two pair on the next card - (4 outs) 11 to 1
• A flush from a four-flush on the next card - (9 outs) 4.2 to 1
• A straight from an open-ended straight draw on the next card - (8 outs) 4.9 to 1
• A straight from a gutshot straight draw on the next card - (4 outs) 11 to 1
• A pair from two overcards - (6 outs) 6.8 to 1
                 
From flop to river, the probability of making:

• A full house or better from a set by the river - 2/1
• A full house or better from two pair by the river (4 outs) - 5.1 to 1
• A flush from a four-flush by the river (9 outs) - 1.9 to 1
• A backdoor flush by the river - 23 to 1
• A straight from an open-ended straight draw by the river - (8 outs) 2.2 to 1
• A straight from a gutshot straight draw by the river - (4 outs) 5.1 to 1
• A pair or better from two overcards by the river - (6 outs) 3.2 to 1

At the river, the probability of making: