This page is designed to help give players a better understanding of how to play the game and understand their odds in winning any particular hand. By using the poker odds in these charts, you will be able to bet with the percentages on your side. While betting strategy and bluffing are key elements in winning Hold'em Poker, having the cards and knowing how to use them is the ultimate advantage. Most poker pros will tell you this, "Sooner or later you have to have the cards." There is one essential trait that all good poker players have. It cannot be evaluated on a chart or quantified in percentages but without it the best statistician in the world is a mediocre player. The trait is discipline. Waiting until you have the right cards and situation before you make your move will put you ahead of the game. Professional poker players make their livings off players who get impatient and play inferior hands. Oftentimes a player will compound the mistake by trying to force a win by over betting a poor hand. The result is another day's pay for a smart and patient player. Just how often will you be dealt a good hand? the following chart tells how often you will get a top hand...

Using the above chart you can see that at an average of 25-30 hands an hour in a card room or 50-60 hands an hour playing online, it takes time and patience to get those great hands that make the heart flutter and bankroll swell.

Here are some other charts to help understand your odds:

Though the above odds actually apply to a five card draw they still show the relative odds of drawing any poker hands. Since you actually get 5 community cards as well as your two pocket cards to make your hand in Hold'em your chances of getting each hand are a little greater, but since you share those community cards with your opponents, their chances of making the hand are the same. What it all boils down to is use these odds to assess your chances of making a hand and your opponent making a better one.

The Following Is A Pocket Pairs Winning Percentages Chart: