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Drawing Odds - Texas Holdem
One question that many players learning the game of poker ask is "What are the odds of completing my hand?".
If a player needs a card to complete their hand, say they have four hearts and need a fifth for the flush, the cards that will complete
the hand are called Outs.
The table below will show how many "outs" there are when trying to complete some of the more common
poker hands.
| Number of Outs Available to Improve Your Hand |
| Outs | You Hold | Hope to Make |
| 2 | A Pair | Three of a Kind |
| 4 | Two Pair | Full House |
| 4 | Inside Straight | Straight |
| 8 | Open-ended Straight | Straight |
| 9 | Four Flush | Flush |
| 15 | Open Straight Flush Draw | Striaght, a Flush, or Straight Flush |
Once you know how many outs you have, the table below will be useful in finding out what your chances of
"catching" an out, and completing your hand are. The table shows both the percentage chance, and the "odds-to-one" chance of
catching your card for the turn, or the river, or both.
| Probability of Catching an Out |
| Outs | Turn (%) | Turn (X:1) |
River (%) | River (X:1) | Turn or River |
Turn or River (X:1) |
| 20 | 42.6 | 1.35 | 43.5 | 1.30 | 67.5% | 0.48 |
| 19 | 40.4 | 1.47 | 41.3 | 1.42 | 65.0% | 0.54 |
| 18 | 38.3 | 1.61 | 39.1 | 1.56 | 62.4% | 0.60 |
| 17 | 36.2 | 1.77 | 37.0 | 1.71 | 59.8% | 0.67 |
| 16 | 34.0 | 1.94 | 34.8 | 1.88 | 57.0% | 0.76 |
| 15 | 31.9 | 2.13 | 32.6 | 2.07 | 54.1% | 0.85 |
| 14 | 29.8 | 2.36 | 30.4 | 2.28 | 51.2% | 0.96 |
| 13 | 27.7 | 2.62 | 28.3 | 2.54 | 48.1% | 1.08 |
| 12 | 25.5 | 2.92 | 26.1 | 2.83 | 45.0% | 1.22 |
| 11 | 23.4 | 3.27 | 23.9 | 3.18 | 41.7% | 1.40 |
| 10 | 21.3 | 3.70 | 21.7 | 3.60 | 38.4% | 1.61 |
| 9 | 19.1 | 4.22 | 19.6 | 4.11 | 35.0% | 1.86 |
| 8 | 17.0 | 4.88 | 17.4 | 4.75 | 31.5% | 2.18 |
| 7 | 14.9 | 5.71 | 15.2 | 5.57 | 27.8% | 2.59 |
| 6 | 12.8 | 6.83 | 13.0 | 6.67 | 24.1% | 3.14 |
| 5 | 10.6 | 8.40 | 10.9 | 8.20 | 20.4% | 3.91 |
| 4 | 8.5 | 10.75 | 8.7 | 10.50 | 16.5% | 5.07 |
| 3 | 6.4 | 14.67 | 6.5 | 14.33 | 12.5% | 7.01 |
| 2 | 4.3 | 22.50 | 4.3 | 22.00 | 8.4% | 10.88 |
| 1 | 2.1 | 46.00 | 2.2 | 45.00 | 4.3% | 22.50 |
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