When playing online gambling malaysia one of the most important things is to understand the odds of being dealt a particular hand and the chances of improving it. There are 2,598,960 different possible hands in standard poker where 52 cards are used to make five card hands. The chart below will show you the odds of being dealt a particular hand in poker
As you go down the chart you will see how hard it gets of being dealt higher ranking cards in your first hand. It starts with the odds 1/1 to 649,739/1. Getting royal flush is nothing short of a miracle. This will give you some idea Tara Matka about which hands to play with and which hands to fold. As you can see pairs are very common and in most case a high ranking pair is enough to win the game.
So, players are mostly competing lower ranking hands. This is basically true in holdem games where no further cards are exchanged. Where as in draw poker games the odds of getting higher ranking hands increase dramatically, when players are allowed to exchange cards for new ones from the pack.
Let’s take for example your hand is K, K, K, 6, 3. Now what are the chances of improving this hand? Now you know you have an opportunity to make either a full house or four of a kind. A pair can be made in 72 ways. Now by discarding two cards you reduce the number of ways a pair can be made to five. Therefore 72 – 5 = 67 ways in which you can make a full house.
You currently hold five cards, leaving 47 other possible cards. Since some cards already have been dealt to other players, you don’t now what they hold. So, by taking all possibilities with 47 cards there are 1081 ways in which two cards can be dealt. So, the chances or odds of making a full house is (1081-67) / 67 that is 15/1.
To improve the hand to four of a kind you need the last king. By exchanging one card, you are giving yourself odds of 46/1. By exchanging two cards, your odds of having the king are 46/2 or 23/1. Finally you need to know what are your odds of winning depending upon the cards you hold and also the type of game you play. As you can see the odds change dramatically, depending upon the type of game you play.
Beginner poker starting hands
Most new players are curious about what kind of strategy to adopt to become a profitable poker player. Like what kind of hands to stay before the flop, after the flop, what are the pot odds, possibilities, should I bluff or chase a hand and many more. But one of the most important things to remember when you are new at tables is to be aggressive and play tight.
Now what does this mean? You must play strong hands at first and fold when you don’t have at least 50% chance of winning the hand. Don’t chase draws. Players will think you play weak and try to run over you. But this works in your favor when you have a strong hand and loose players bet and raise often on their weak hands.
On the other hand a loose player might fold when you raise on a strong hand. A few more times and they think you are bluffing quite often. But once you win a big pot they won’t play to a showdown against you. So, playing initially like these requires patience, observation of your opponents, concentration and avoid playing when beat.
Now let’s see what the best starting hands are in poker? They are AA, AK suited, KK and QQ. Why, because the average winning percentage of these hands are around 31, 20, 26 and 22 respectively. All these hands deserve raiseof around 4 times the table’s higher limit.
Other starting hands after the above four are JJ, AQ, KQ suited, AJ suited, KJ suited, TT and AK off-suit. The winning percentage of these hands is around 19, 18, low 18’s, 17, low 17’s, 16 and low 16’s. But remember KQ suited, AJ suited, KJ suited and AK can be easily beaten if the flop does not help you. That’s why even being pocket face cards, as being said as one of the best starting hands have a low winning percentage.
Again this is what mike sexton had to say regarding starting hands, pairs (7-7, 9-9), two face cards (K-Q, A-J), or hands that can make both a straight and a flush (8-9, 6-7 suited). Be patient and fold other hands, unless you’re in the blind. Finally remember Texas holdem is a showdown game and majority of winning hands are high pairs.