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Odds on Catching a Straight
What are the odds on a catching a straight? There are a few of the players out there who think that it is tough to catch an open-ended straight, let alone and inside one and you happen to be right. Mark Pilarski takes a look and fills us in on the numbers.
The proven odds of completing straights, such as drawing one card into an open ended straight, are 1 in 6. Drawing two cards into an open-ended straight has1 chance in 23, while drawing a single card to make an inside straight racks up at 1 in 12. As you can see you are going to need the right kind of pot odds in order to make staying around worth your while. In Hold Em, I find it especially helpful if you are running into face cards, as weaker players have a tougher time seeing straight possibilities on the board in those cases.
As for that elusive straight, drawing one card to an open-ended straight flush is 1 time in 24 and drawing one card to a royal flush is 1 time in 47 tries. Basically, don’t count on these happening to you very often.
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