COMMON DRAWS

Post flop, it will be the number of unseen cards that could improve a hand (outs), which would determine the probability of improvement on the turn or river. For instance, if you were to have an open-ended straight draw, eight cards will be out that will improve your hand to a straight (four of each rank on each end). With two cards to come, you would have a 31.5 percent chance of making the straight,but with one card to come, the chance would drop to 17.4 percent. You will find below a tabulation of common draws and the chances of improvement.

Knowing these probabilities will be essential for computing the pot odds when betting on the turn and river cards. For situations not listed above, you should count the number of outs to make the hand and you should read the percentage next to the number of outs.

Probabilities for Improving a Hand

Probabilities in Percentages for Improving a Hand After the Flop
Situation	Improve to	Outs	Two cards to come	One card to come
Open ended SFD	Straight or flush	15	54.1	32.6
Inside straight	Straight or one pair	10	38.4	21.7
Four flush	Flush	9	35.0	19.6
Open ended straight draw	Straight	8	31.5	17.4
Three of kind	Full House	7	27.8	15.2
Unmatched pocket cards	Pair one	6	24.1	13.0
One matched pocket card	Two pair or Three of kind	5	20.4	10.9
Two pair	Full House	4	16.5	8.7
Inside Straight	Straight	4	16.5	8.7
One matched pocket card	Twp pair	3	12.5	6.5
Pocket pair	Three of kind	2	8.4	4.3
Three of kind	Four of kind	1	4.3	2.2