Poker Outs and Odds
You will often find yourself in situations, where you do not have any good hand at that moment but it will improve to the best hand if some cards are dealt on the turn or river.
Poker outs
Outs are cards that will improve your hand to the best hand on later streets. For example, if your hole cards are AK on QJ6 flop, you have 1 out to a straight flush, 8 outs to a flush, 3 outs to a straight, and 6 outs to a top pair, giving you 18 outs in total.
Poker outs and odds chart
Below you can find a handy table with odds based on the number of outs and cards to come. You do not have to know exact odds by heart to be a winning player but the more you remember and implement into your game, the bigger your advantage will be at the tables.
| Outs | Odds in % for improvement | ||
| On the Flop to Turn | On the Turn to River | On the Flop to River | |
| 1 | 2.13% | 2.17% | 4.26% |
| 2 | 4.26% | 4.35% | 8.42% |
| 3 | 6.38% | 6.52% | 12.49% |
| 4 | 8.51% | 8.70% | 16.47% |
| 5 | 10.64% | 10.87% | 20.35% |
| 6 | 12.77% | 13.04% | 24.14% |
| 7 | 14.89% | 15.22% | 27.84% |
| 8 | 17.02% | 17.39% | 31.45% |
| 9 | 19.15% | 19.57% | 34.97% |
| 10 | 21.28% | 21.74% | 38.39% |
| 11 | 23.40% | 23.91% | 41.72% |
| 12 | 25.53% | 26.09% | 44.96% |
| 13 | 27.66% | 28.26% | 48.10% |
| 14 | 29.79% | 30.43% | 51.16% |
| 15 | 31.91% | 32.61% | 54.12% |
| 16 | 34.04% | 34.78% | 56.98% |
| 17 | 36.17% | 36.96% | 59.76% |
| 18 | 38.30% | 39.13% | 62.44% |
| 19 | 40.43% | 41.30% | 65.03% |
| 20 | 42.55% | 43.48% | 67.53% |
| 21 | 44.68% | 45.65% | 69.94% |
| 22 | 46.81% | 47.83% | 72.25% |
More articles on poker probability:
Poker odds calculator
Pot odds and expected value
Sklansky bucks
Implied odds
Reverse implied odds
Poker hand probability chart
Common preflop odds chart
Common flop odds chart
Pocket pairs - flopping overcards odds
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