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Pocket Pair >>> 2 Pair<br />

To flop 2 Pair with a Pair in the hole, the Flop must contain<br />

a Pair and a third card that doesn’t match the Pocket Pair or<br />

the other cards on the board.<br />

Without the rank of the Pocket Pair, there are 72 Pairs<br />

among the remaining 50 unseen cards.<br />

To find the number of Flops that will make 2 Pair with a Pair<br />

in the pocket, multiply the number of possible Pairs (72) by<br />

the number of remaining unseen cards that will not match<br />

either the Pair in the hole or the Pair on the board, and that<br />

will not be the pair on the board (50 – 2 – 2 – 2 = 44):<br />

72 * 44 = 3,168<br />

We now have all the numbers needed to calculate the odds of<br />

flopping 2 Pair with a Pair in the hole:<br />

Total Possibilities = 19,600<br />

– WILLs = 3,168<br />

WILLNOTs = 16,432<br />

Odds of Flopping 2 Pair w/Pocket Pair<br />

WILLNOTs : WILLs<br />

16,432 : 3,168<br />

Reduce<br />

16,432 / 3,168 : 3,168 / 3,168<br />

5.19 : 1<br />

Suited Cards<br />

While any 2 suited cards can make a Flush, the most valuable<br />

suited cards are the suited connectors, and the higher the<br />

77<br />

Before the Flop

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