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The probability of a pair of Jacks or better in the hole is<br />

WILLs<br />

* 100 = Probability as %<br />

Total Possibilities<br />

24<br />

* 100 = 1.8%<br />

1,326<br />

On average you will be dealt Pocket Jacks or better once in<br />

55.25 hands or roughly 2% of the time.<br />

Pocket 22 through TT<br />

For 22 through TT there are 54 (9 * 6) possible pair combinations<br />

from 1,326 total possible 2-card combinations.<br />

Possible Pairs 22 through TT (WILLs) = 54<br />

Total Possibilities = 1,326<br />

– WILLs = 54<br />

WILLNOTs = 1,272<br />

WILLNOTs (1,272) : WILLs (54)<br />

1,272 : 54<br />

Reduce<br />

1,272 / 54 : 54 / 54<br />

23.6 : 1<br />

The likelihood of pocket 22 through TT, expressed as a probability,<br />

is shown below — first as a percentage calculation<br />

then as a combination of probabilities.<br />

Percentage calculation:<br />

WILLs<br />

* 100 = Probability as %<br />

Total Possibilities<br />

57<br />

Starting Hands

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