Since statistics underline a fact better than any reasoning, it is important to understand those given below for any serious poker player wanting to determine odds for the flop. E.g. on pulling 2 cards from a deck, there is a possibility for 19,600 different flops that can arise from this action. Calculating the exact 3 cards you can name would mean chances of 16,599:1.
Now, should the cards in hand turn out to be a pocket pair, chances for four of a kind flop are .245% at any time, making the odds 407.16:1. Gaming statistics also tell us that for flopping a full house using a pocket pair, there are .980% chances of doing this with odds being 101.04 to 1. Finally, one quarter of the time an exact 3-card set flop will draw attention to the full house you have.
With the pocket pair a chance to flop four to straight is 2.612% with the odds being 37.28 to 1. With the same your flopping another pair is likely about 16.163% of the time, thus your odds here would be 5.18: 1. Keep in mind that evaluating flop odds based on a standard deck (52 cards) is being done against the player holding a 2-card hand only.
But, what happens if your 2-card PokerStars download hand is not a pair? We take a look at that situation here: in such a case, your chances of flopping 4 exact cards are reduced to .000102% at any time with odds set being 9,802.92 to 1. There are only 2 flops possible from the 19, 600 count given earlier, for your getting a four-of-a-kind set, which means should you hold an AK in your hand, the other 3 aces could only be possible in one flop and other 3 kings in one more flop too. This is why holding AK can be risky.
Continuing with determining odds when a player doesn’t hold a pair, flopping the full house chances are.092% with odds calculated at 1,085.95 to 1. Coming to flopping a straight when not holding a pair, your chances are measured in the range of .327% and 1.306% at any time, depending on if you are holding an AK or 98. In the former situation, ten-jack-queen are the only cards to boost your win; in the latter, flops with Q-J-10, J-10-7 or 10-7-6 if not a 7-6-5 can help out. Player odds for these sets are calculated at 304.81:1 and 75.56:1.
For flopping 3 exact cards, in the event that you don’t have a pair, you have a 1.57% chance at any time of doing this, with odds placed at 62.69 to 1. Moreover, 1/7th of sessions, three-of-a-set can be on the board, which means the player could be holding a king and jack and receive another 2 KJ on the flop about 1.347% of times he plays, thus, odds would be 53.59 to 1 in this case.
Coming to flopping 2 pairs, the chances are 4.014% at any time, when you don’t have a pair with 23.91 to 1 odds of this happening and half the time, one of these pairs is likely to be on the board. Also, 1/3rd of the pairs can be on the board without being paired to your 2-card hand about 26.939% at any given time you play, setting your odds of this happening at 2.71 to 1.
Finally, for suited hole cards, note that chances for flopping a flush have been calculated at .837% of the time, making 118.47 to 1 odds and a four-flush chance pegged at 10.944% at any given time, setting the odds at 8.13 to 1.