Poker Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
CHANCES OF HOLDING VARIOUS POKER HANDS IN
CHANCES OF HOLDING VARIOUS POKER HANDS IN THE FIRST FIVE CARDS DEALT WHEN THE JOKER IS ADDED MAKING A 53-CARD DECK Rank of hand Number of each Chance Five of a kind 13 1 in 220,745 Royal flush 24 1 in 119,570 Straight flush 216 1 in 13,286 Four of a kind 3,120 1 in 920 Full house 6,552 1 in 438 Flush 7,768 1 in 369 Straight 20,532 1 in 140 Three of a kind 137,280 1 in 21 Two pairs 123,552 1 in 23 One pair 1,268,0881 in 2 1/4 No-pair hand 1,302,540 1 in 2 1/5 Total hands 2,869,685
I bring to the attention of the reader a very unusual mathematical
I bring to the attention of the reader a very unusual mathematical situation that arises in Joker Wild regarding the relative value of three of a kind and two pairs. Studying the above chart closely, the reader will observe that the chances of drawing three of a kind are one in 137,280 and the chances of drawing two pair are one in 123,552. Since there are more chances of drawing three of a kind than two pairs, two pairs should be of a higher rank and beat three of a kind. But they don't. This peculiar situation is caused by the fact that there are 82,368 possible five-card Online Hold'em Poker hands that contain a pair plus the joker. When a player holds one of these 82,368 hands, he values his hand at three of a kind, making the joker count the same denomination as the pair he is holding.