How to use the poker odds calculator
- Enter your hand as two cards, for example Ah Ks (ace of hearts, king of spades). Use 2–9, T (or 10), J, Q, K, A and the suits s, h, d, c.
- Enter your opponent's hand if you know it, or leave it blank and choose how many random opponents you are up against.
- Add the board if there is one: three cards for the flop, four for the turn or five for the river.
- Press Calculate odds. The calculator runs 20,000 simulated deals and shows your chance to win, tie and your overall equity.
What is poker equity?
Equity is your share of the pot if the hand were played out many times with no more betting. If you have 60% equity in a $100 pot, your hand is worth $60 on average. Equity counts ties as half wins (or a third in a three-way tie), which is why equity can be slightly higher than your win percentage.
Knowing your equity tells you whether a call is profitable. Compare it with the price you're getting using the pot odds calculator, or work out the exact value of a decision with the poker EV calculator.
Common preflop matchups
| Matchup | Approximate equity |
|---|---|
| Pair vs two lower cards (e.g. QQ vs JT) | About 80% / 20% |
| Overpair vs underpair (e.g. AA vs KK) | About 82% / 18% |
| Pair vs two overcards (e.g. 77 vs AK) — the "coin flip" | About 55% / 45% |
| Dominated hand (e.g. AK vs AQ) | About 74% / 26% |
| Two overcards vs two undercards (e.g. AK vs 76) | About 60% / 40% |
Try these in the calculator above — suits matter slightly, so results vary by a percent or two.
How the poker odds calculator works
The tool deals out the remaining cards thousands of times using a Monte Carlo simulation and evaluates every 7-card hand to find the winner. With 20,000 runs, results are typically accurate to within about half a percentage point. When the board is complete and your opponent's hand is known, the result is exact.
Poker odds calculator FAQ
What are the odds of being dealt pocket aces?
1 in 221, or about 0.45% of hands. Any pocket pair comes about once every 17 hands.
How do I calculate poker odds without a calculator?
Count your outs and use the rule of 2 and 4: multiply your outs by 4 on the flop (two cards to come) or by 2 on the turn (one card to come) to estimate your equity. Our pot odds calculator does this for you.
Does the calculator work for Omaha?
This version is for Texas Hold'em. Omaha uses four hole cards and different hand rules.
Why does my equity drop against more opponents?
Every extra player is another hand that can beat you. Even pocket aces fall from about 85% equity heads-up to roughly 50% against five random hands.