Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
As mentioned earlier, the total number of possible five-card hands
As mentioned earlier, the total number of possible five-card hands dealt from a 52-card deck are 2,598,960. Although this same total figure holds true when the four deuces are wild, the division of the number of hands in each rank has changed considerably. The following table shows the many mathematical changes that take place in a 52-card deck when the four deuces are wild.
CHANCES OF HOLDING VARIOUS POKER HANDS IN THE FIRST
CHANCES OF HOLDING VARIOUS POKER HANDS IN THE FIRST FIVE CARDS DEALT WHEN THE FOUR DEUCES ARE WILD Rank Number Chances Five of a kind 672 1 in 3,868 Royal flush 484 1 in 5,370 Straight flush 4,072 1 in 638 Four of a kind 30,816 1 in 84 Full house 12,672 1 in 205 Flush 13,204 1 in 197 Straight 66,236 1 in 39 Three of a kind 355,056 1 in 7 Two pairs 95,040 1 in 27 One pair 1,222,048 1 in 2 1/10 No pair 798,660 1 in 3 1/4 Total 2,598,960