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3. Odds in Texas Hold’em<br />

2 Big Cards<br />

This table shows the odds that any given player’s hole cards<br />

will be certain Big Card combinations.<br />

Big Slick — Any AK<br />

Hand Probability Odds<br />

Big Slick — Any AK 1.2% 81.9 : 1<br />

Suited Big Slick — AKs .3% 330.5 : 1<br />

2 Unpaired Big Cards 7.2% 12.8 : 1<br />

Any Ace 14.5% 5.9 : 1<br />

There are 4 * 4 = 16 2-card combinations that WILL make<br />

any AK including AKs.<br />

Total Possibilities = 1,326<br />

– WILLs = 16<br />

WILLNOTs = 1,310<br />

WILLNOTs (1,310) : WILLs (16)<br />

1,310 : 16<br />

Reduce<br />

1,310 / 16 : 16 / 16<br />

81.9 : 1<br />

The probability of Big Slick in the hole is:<br />

WILLs<br />

* 100 = Probability as %<br />

Total Possibilities<br />

16<br />

* 100 = 1.2%<br />

1,326<br />

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