Queens into Kings (and Aces)

With kings it's possible, but unlikely, to run into a better hand pre-flop. But what about queens?

Queens are much more vulnerable and, while it's still much more likely that you're ahead pre-flop, you should consider the scenario that one of your opponents has kings or aces w88thais.com .

At a full-ring table the odds for that to happen are 1 in 13.

A raise, re-raise and an all-in in front of you might be a decent indicator that this 1 in 13 event is unfolding and that you're better off folding your hand.



Important Odds for Big Pairs
Scenario Probability Odds
Being dealt aces preflop 0.4525% 1:220
If you have aces heads-up, your opponent has aces as well 0.0816% 1:1,224 ww88
If you have aces at a full ring table, one opponent has aces as well 0.6512% 1:153
If you have kings heads-up, your opponent has aces 0.4898% 1:203
If you have kings at a full ring table, one opponent has aces 3.8518% 1:25
If you have queens heads-up, your opponent has kings or aces 0.9796% 1:101
If you have queens at a full ring table, at least one opponent has kings or aces 7.5732% 1:12
Set Over Set
Let's move on to some post-flop odds -- specifically sets, meaning trips with a pocket pair.

Scotty Nguyen set over set
How often do you flop a set? Every ambitious poker player should know this number by heart: roughly 12%of the time or once every 9 times you see a flop with your pair.

A scenario many poker players are afraid of is the dreaded set over set: you flop a set but one of your opponents flops a better set poker online .

Although quite unlikely this scenario is not that uncommon. If two players have pocket pairs, both will flop a set simultaneously roughly once every 100 flops.

You still need two players to have a pocket pair at the same time for that to happen. At a full-ring table you can expect to see a set-over-set scenario roughly once every 1,200 hands (assuming all players with pocket pairs always see a flop).

Heads-up this scenario is much more unlikely, though. It should happen only once every 42,000 hands. So there's no need to worry about better sets with only one opponent – unless of course you're Phil Iveyplaying Scotty Nguyen in one of the biggest heads-up tournaments on TV.