Hand Probabilities 5 Card Draw (No Joker)

 

5 Card Draw is fairly simplistic game from an overhead view, but when you get down to the intricacies of an in-depth 5 Card Draw Poker Strategy, you may be interested in knowing exactly what your odds of being dealt a premium 5 Card Draw Starting Hand really are.

 

In this article, we'll detail the best Hand Probabilities in 5 Card Draw (without use of a Joker). These are hands that any player would generally be pleased, if not elated, to open with. In other words, all 5 Card Draw Starting Hands ranging from a single Pair to a Royal Flush.

 

The table below depicts the Starting Hand, Probabilities in %, Probabilities in Odds, and the number of possible card combinations required to achieve it.

 

 

Starting Hand

Probability in %

Odds

Combinations

Straight Flush

0.0015%

1 in 64,973

40

4 of a Kind

0.02%

1 in 4,164

624

Full House

0.14%

1 in 693

3,744

Flush

0.20%

1 in 508

5,108

Straight

0.39%

1 in 254

10,200

3 of a Kind

2.11%

1 in 46.3

54,912

Two Pair

4.75%

1 in 20

123,552

Pair (J, Q, K or Ace)

13%

1 in 6.69

337,920

Pair (2 thru 10)

29.25%

1 in 2.42

760,320