Poker probabilities that will amaze you

Unpaired hands flop a pair every third time

Phil "The Unabomber" Laak once taught a beginner on a poker show this exact fact. A probability you should know and never forget.

Dealt Aces? You get them less than 1% of the time

You might have noticed that you don't get AA every hand. But how just often will you see those two magnificent cards together?

Suited hands: "nine flops = one flushdraw"

Everyone loves suited hands, but why is that? The probability to hit your flush directly is 1%, but more importantly...

When in doubt, count your backdoor flushdraw too!

Hitting the flush cards needed on the turn and on the river sounds unlikely, but still happens...

Which hand performs the worst against Aces?

Sometimes 72o gets too much attention for being the worst hand in Hold'em. Being dominated and making straights gives us the answers to this question. Just look at the following equities: