The winner in any poker game is determined by the best card combination, if all other players haven’t folded, of course. In most games, it consists of 5 cards. According to official ranking, Full House Poker hand is a mid-high combination that can beat others. This guide will explain you its exact value and reveal the odds to get it while playing different poker games.
What is Full House Poker hand?
If we say it in plain words, it’s a combination of Three of a Kind and a Pair. Here are a couple of examples:
K, K, K and 9, 9;
7, 7, 7 and A, A;
J, J, J and Q, Q;
10, 10, 10 and K, K.
Three of a Kind is more important than a Pair. If you have Q, Q, Q and 7, 7, while your competitor has 10, 10, 10 and A, A, you’ll win the pot. Depending on the type of three main cards and a Pair, the hand is called Kings full of Jacks (K, K, K and J, J), Ace full of Queens (A, A, A and Q, Q), etc. The best possible Full House Poker combination is A, A, A and K, K or Aces full of Kings.
A total number of possible combinations varies from game to game:
Five Card Stud – 3 744;
Seven Card Stud – 3 473 184;
Nine Card Stud – 423 908 824;
Low Ball – 3 744;
Omaha High Hand – 29 424 798 576;
Texas Hold’em – 3 473 184.
How strong is Full House Poker hand? What are the odds to get it?
Full House is a mid-high range combination. It beats a Pair, Two Pair, Three of a Kind, Straight and even Flush. At the same time, it loses to Four of a Kind, Straight Flush and Royal Flush. So, it can beat 5 hand types and it’s worse only than 3 ones.
The probability to get it is the following:
Five Card Stud – 0.144%;
Seven Card Stud – 2.596%;
Nine Card Stud – 11.522%;
Low Ball Full House Poker hand – 0.144%;
Omaha High Hand – 6.347%;
Texas Hold’em – from 2.596% to 15.216%.
The probability in Hold’em depends on the number of players.
As a bottom line, you’re really lucky if you have Full House hand. Since the odds to get it are significantly higher than for Straight/Royal Flush and Four of a Kind, there are good chances that you have the best combination among all the gamblers that are playing at the table. So, in most cases you can Call freely and even Raise the bet.
