Regarding Poker

The odds of being dealt specific Hold’em hands before the Flop (odds against):

AA – 220 to 1
2 Kings through 2 Jacks – 72.7 to 1
AK suited – 331 to 1
AK offsuit – 110 to 1
Ace Queen or Ace Jack suited – 165 to 1
Ace Queen or Ace Jack offsuit – 54.3 to 1
King Queen suited – 331 to 1
King Queen offsuit – 110 to 1
Any Pair – 16 to 1
Any two cards suited – 3.25 to 1
*Unsuited Connectors (stretched) - 14.8 to 1
*Suited Connectors (stretched) - 46.4 to 1

*Two connecting cards allowing for maximum chances for straights.

You hold AK suited and the probability that you will Flop…

4 of a Kind – 9,799 to 1
Full House – 1,088 to 1
Flush (excluding Royal Flush) – 119 to 1
Straight – 310 to 1
Any Flop with an Ace or King – 2.08 to 1

Absence of Aces before the Flop (nine handed):

The probability that no player has an Ace (including yourself) – 17.13%
If you have one Ace, the probability that no other player has an Ace – 30.53%
Your hand will have no Ace 85.07% of the time.

Hold’em Long Shots (odds against):

If you hold suited cards, a Flush will Flop – 118 to 1
If you hold a pair, Four-of-a-Kind will Flop – 407 to 1
Heads-up, both players dealt pair of Aces – 270,724 to 1

More Hold’em Odds:

If you hold any pair you will Flop Trips - 7.51 to 1
If you have four parts to a Flush after the Flop you will make it - 1.86 to 1
If you have four parts to an Open-End-Straight-Flush after the Flop you will make a Straight Flush - 10.9 to1
If you have four parts to an Open-End-Straight-Flush after the Flop you will make at least a Straight – 0.85 to1
If you have Two-Pair after the Flop you will make a Full House or better – 4.97 to 1
If you have Three-of-a-Kind after the Flop you will make a Full House or better – 1.99 to 1

Now the hard part; memorize the above!

As you may know there is not too much information on the Internet about Razz. So anything that I find that is helpful I will post here.

Winning Razz tournaments takes a great deal of patience. You want to have good starting hands before getting involved in a pot. By good hands I mean no pairs and a baby, or no face card and two babies. Of course there are always an exception, you may be bluffing or you raise out the Bring-in.

Here are the probabilities of being dealt certain starting hands in Razz:
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Patience, discipline, waiting for good starting hands, and knowing when to fold will take you a long way in doing well in a Razz tournament.

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