Name of Poker Hand Number of Ways
to form this hand
Probability of Hand Probability of Hand
(Decimal)
Royal Flush
(Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and Ten of the same suit)
4 4 / 2,598,960 0.00000153
Straight Flush
(five cards in sequence and of the same suit)
40 40 / 2,598,960 0.0000153
Four of a Kind
(four cards of one face value and one additional card)
624 624 / 2,598,960 0.0002401
Full House
(three cards of one face value and two cards of another)
3,744 3,744 / 2,598,960 0.0014406
Flush
(five cards of the same suit but not in sequence)
5,108 5,108 / 2,598,960 0.0019654
Straight
(five cards in sequence, but not all of the same suit)
10,200 10,200 / 2,598,960 0.0039246
Three of a Kind
(exactly three cards of one face value and two different cards)
54,912 54,912 / 2,598,960 0.0211285
Two Pairs
(one pair of each of two different face values and one other card)
123,552 123,552 / 2,598,960 0.0475390
One Pair
(two cards of one face value and three cards of different face values)
1,098,240 1,098,240 / 2,598,960 0.4225690
No Pair
(five different face values, not in sequence, not the same suit)
1,302,540 1,302,540 / 2,598,960 0.5011774



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