Poker Analysis » Pre-Flop Hand Rankings
Analysis of popular variations of poker.
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These are some statistics generated using the foolishPoker odds calculator and a custom wrapper.
Types of Starting Hands
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| Ace & Non-High Combination | Since there are 4 suits, 25% of these will be suited, 75% unsuited. | A-9, A-8, A-7, A-6, A-5, A-4, A-3, A-2 |
| Medium & Low Suited Connector | These are cards that are connected and suited. They may have no gap or a one card gap. | J-9s 10-9s ... 5-4s, 5-3s |
| Two High Card Unsuited | A-K, A-Q ... Q-10, J-10 | |
| Two High Card Suited | A-K, A-Q ... Q-10, J-10 | |
| Pairs | A-A, K-K ... 3-3, 2-2 | |
Relative Hand Rankings
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 0 | AA | KK | AKs | JJ | AQs | KQs | AJs | KJs | TT | |
| 1 | AK | ATs | QJs | KTs | QTs | JTs | 99 | AQ | A9s | KQ |
| 2 | 88 | K9s | T9s | A8s | Q9s | J9s | AJ | A5s | 77 | A7s |
| 3 | KJ | A4s | A3s | A6s | QJ | 66 | K8s | T8s | A2s | 98s |
| 4 | J8s | AT | Q8s | K7s | KT | 55 | JT | 87s | QT | 44 |
| 5 | 22 | 33 | K6s | 97s | K5s | 76s | T7s | K4s | K2s | K3s |
| 6 | Q7s | 86s | 65s | J7s | 54s | Q6s | 75s | 96s | Q5s | 64s |
| 7 | Q4s | Q3s | T9 | T6s | Q2s | A9 | 53s | 85s | J6s | J9 |
| 8 | K9 | J5s | Q9 | 43s | 74s | J4s | J3s | 95s | J2s | 63s |
| 9 | A8 | 52s | T5s | 84s | T4s | T3s | 42s | T2s | 98 | T8 |
| 10 | A5 | A7 | 73s | A4 | 32s | 94s | 93s | J8 | A3 | 62s |
| 11 | 92s | K8 | A6 | 87 | Q8 | 83s | A2 | 82s | 97 | 72s |
| 12 | 76 | K7 | 65 | T7 | K6 | 86 | 54 | K5 | J7 | 75 |
| 13 | Q7 | K4 | K3 | 96 | K2 | 64 | Q6 | 53 | 85 | T6 |
| 14 | Q5 | 43 | Q4 | Q3 | 74 | Q2 | J6 | 63 | J5 | 95 |
| 15 | 52 | J4 | J3 | 42 | J2 | 84 | T5 | T4 | 32 | T3 |
| 16 | 73 | T2 | 62 | 94 | 93 | 92 | 83 | 82 | 72 |
To find the hand ranking out of the total possible hands (169) add the column*10 + row header. For example, a 7-4 suited would be 8*10+5 = 85. Thus a 74s is 85th best possible pre-flop hand possible.
