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 |