Having a good understanding of the odds of you or anyone else having a given hand can increase your chance of winning.
The table below shows the odd of a particular hand being dealt in a 5 card game from a 52 card deck.
The next table lists the hands in order of increasing frequency, and shows how many ways each hand can be dealt in 3, 5, and 7 cards.
The above tables can only provide a rough guide as the exact odds are affected by many variables including the number of players and the version of poker being played.
