PokerzinHow to use the poker calculator
- Click a player's card slot and pick the card from the deck below. The next empty slot is selected on its own.
- Fill in the board (flop, turn and river) if you want the odds at a specific point of the hand.
- Add up to six players. A hand left empty counts as a random hand, any two cards the others don't hold.
- The result updates with every change. The page address keeps the cards, so you can copy it and share the spot.
What the numbers mean
The big number is each hand's equity: the share of the pot it wins on average if everyone goes to showdown with no more betting. A tie counts as part of the pot (half in a two-way split). Below it are the chance of winning alone and the chance of tying.
When every player's cards are known and only the turn and river are missing, the calculator checks every possible board, so the result is exact. Before the flop or with a random hand there are too many combinations, so it plays tens of thousands of random boards; the margin of error is below one percentage point.
How to use it to play better
Equity is half of the decision. The other half is the price: compare your chance with what you need to pay, as explained in the guide on outs and pot odds. If your equity is higher than the share of the final pot you are putting in, calling earns chips in the long run.
Try classic spots: a pair against two overcards is close to a coin flip, AK against AQ wins about three times in four, and a flush draw on the flop against top pair is around 35%. The guide on poker odds has a table of the most common matchups.
The calculator uses the same hand evaluator as the Pokerzin tables, with the rules of Texas Hold'em: the best five cards out of seven, kickers break ties and suits never do.