Poker Odds
Calculate Texas Hold'em poker odds. Enter your hole cards, community cards, and opponents for win probability, tie rate, and hand distribution from Monte Carlo simulation.
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About This Calculator
The Poker Odds Calculator (also called a poker equity calculator) helps you estimate your probability of winning a Texas Hold'em hand based on your hole cards, the community cards, and the number of opponents you are facing. It uses a Monte Carlo simulation that runs thousands of random deals of the remaining unknown cards to approximate your win rate, tie rate, and the distribution of hands you might make.
Poker odds, or equity, are the foundation of profitable decision-making in poker. When you know you have 70% equity against your opponent's range, you can confidently bet, raise, or call knowing you will win the majority of the time. The calculator shows three key metrics: win probability (the percentage of simulated hands you win outright), tie probability (hands where you tie with at least one opponent), and loss probability (where an opponent's hand beats yours). The hand distribution chart reveals what types of hands you are most likely to make — from high card to a royal flush.
The calculator supports all stages of a hand: pre-flop (only hole cards selected), flop (three community cards), turn (four community cards), and river (all five community cards). For pre-flop calculations, the simulation accounts for all possible combinations of community cards and opponent hands. For post-flop scenarios, it only simulates the remaining unknown cards, making the equity estimate more precise.
How Monte Carlo simulation works: The system builds a virtual deck of 52 cards, removes the known cards (your hole cards plus any community cards), then randomly deals the remaining cards to complete the board and assign hands to each opponent. This process is repeated 2,000 times, and the results are tallied to produce accurate equity estimates. The hand evaluator checks all possible 5-card combinations from each player's 7 available cards to determine the best possible hand.
This calculator is for Texas Hold'em only. It does not support Omaha or other poker variants. The results are statistical approximations — while 2,000 simulations provide high accuracy (typically within ±1-2% of true odds), they are not guaranteed to match theoretical probabilities exactly. For educational purposes, you can also use the Rule of 2 and 4 for quick equity estimates: multiply your outs by 4 after the flop and by 2 after the turn.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you calculate odds in poker?
Poker odds are calculated using Monte Carlo simulation that randomly deals the remaining unknown cards thousands of times and tracks how often each player wins. The result gives you your win probability (equity), tie probability, and the distribution of possible hands you might make.
What is equity in poker?
Equity in poker is the probability that you will win a hand, expressed as a percentage. For example, 50% equity means you have a 50-50 chance of winning. It depends solely on the cards you hold, the community cards, and the number of opponents. Equity can also refer to your share of the pot based on this percentage.
What are the best starting hands in Texas Hold'em?
The best starting hands in Texas Hold'em are pocket aces (AA), followed by pocket kings (KK), pocket queens (QQ), Ace-King suited (AKs), and Ace-Queen suited (AQs). Pocket aces have approximately 85% equity against a single opponent and 63.5% against three opponents. The worst starting hand is 2-7 offsuit.
What is the Rule of 2 and 4 in poker?
The Rule of 2 and 4 is a quick way to estimate your probability of hitting a draw. On the flop, multiply your number of outs by 4 to get an approximate percentage of making your hand by the river. On the turn, multiply your outs by 2. For example, a flush draw has 9 outs, giving roughly 36% equity on the flop (9 x 4 = 36) and 18% on the turn (9 x 2 = 18).
How many outs do I have with a flush draw?
A flush draw has 9 outs — the nine remaining cards of your suit that are not yet visible. If you have four cards of the same suit after the flop, there are 13 cards per suit total, minus the 4 you see, leaving 9 possible cards to complete your flush on the turn or river.
What are the odds of being dealt pocket aces?
The odds of being dealt pocket aces in Texas Hold'em are 1 in 221, or approximately 0.45%. There are 6 possible combinations of pocket aces out of 1,326 total starting hand combinations (52 cards choose 2). This applies equally to all regions — the math is the same whether playing in the US, UK, or India.
What is the difference between equity and EV in poker?
Equity is the probability of winning a hand based on the cards alone, expressed as a percentage. Expected value (EV) is the average monetary amount you can expect to win or lose per hand if you make the same decision repeatedly. EV depends on equity plus pot size and bet amounts. A play can have high equity but negative EV if the pot odds don't justify a call.
Why is 2-7 offsuit the worst starting hand?
A 2 and a 7 of different suits is the worst starting hand in Texas Hold'em because the two cards cannot work together to form a straight (there is a five-card gap between 2 and 7), and the offsuit suits make it harder to build a flush. The odds of making two pair are roughly 25%, and even then you would still lose half the time at a six-player table.