Worst Hole Cards in Texas Hold 'Em

Texas Hold 'Em is a game of skill, but knowing when the odds are in your favor is one of the greatest advantages for a poker player. On this theme, this is a list of the worst hole cards in the game.

Hole cards are the two cards that you start off with during the game of Texas Hold 'Em. Both cards are dealt face down, followed later by a 5 card pot that is shared by everyone on the table.

The hole cards on this list are listed and then followed by the precent of the time that they win on a table with 10 players. All stats were derived from Percentages built using Wilson Turbo Texas Hold'em. The list is:

72 4.04%
82 4.2%
83 4.33%
92 4.47%
93 4.51%
94 4.65%
62 4.72%
Ten 2 4.88%
73 4.94%
Ten 3 4.95%
32 5.02%
Ten 4 5.04%
Ten 5 5.22%
84 5.25%
Jack 2 5.33%
42 5.4%
Jack 4 5.5%
52 5.56%
95 5.6%
Jack 5 5.63%
63 5.73%
Jack 6 5.94%
Queen 2 5.95%
74 5.96%
Queen 3 6.05%
Queen 4 6.13%
43 6.17%
Queen 5 6.26%
Ten 6 6.28%
85 6.3%
53 6.57%
Queen 6 6.58%
64 6.75%
King 2 6.76%
96 6.77%
King 3 6.87%
King 4 6.95%
Queen 7 6.97%
75 7.01%
Jack 7 7.10%
King 5 7.13%
54 7.36%
86 7.4%
King 6 7.46%
Ten 7 7.53%
65 7.57%
King 7 7.86%
76 7.88%
72(suited) 7.91%
97 7.96%
82(suited) 8.11%
Ace 2 8.18%
83(suited) 8.23%
Queen 8 8.28%
87 8.36%
Ace 6 8.39%
King 8 8.45%
92(suited) 8.46%
62(suited) 8.48%
Ace 3 8.50%
Jack 8 8.50%
93(suited) 8.53%
94(suited) 8.7%
32(suited) 8.7%
Ace 4 8.72%
73(suited) 8.75%
Ace 7 8.83%
Ace 5 8.92%
Ten 8 8.93%
98 8.97%
Ten 2(suited) 8.97%
42(suited) 9.02%
Ten 3(suited) 9.06%
Ten 4(suited) 9.11%
84(suited) 9.14%
Ten 5(suited) 9.23%
52(suited) 9.25%
Ace 8 9.42%
63(suited) 9.49%
Jack 2(suited) 9.50%
95(suited) 9.56%
Jack 3(suited) 9.57%
Jack 4(suited) 9.73%
74(suited) 9.74%
43(suited) 9.81%
Queen 9 9.81%
Jack 5(suited) 9.86%
King 9 9.93%
Jack 9 9.99%
Jack 6(suited) 10.10%
85(suited) 10.12%
53(suited) 10.18%
Ace 9 10.20%
Queen 2(suited) 10.28%
Ten 6(suited) 10.31%
Ten 9 10.38%

Other Poker odds you should know:

Two over cards versus a pocket pair is a 50/50 coin flip in odds.

Odds of catching an open-ended straight, meaning you need one of the two outside cards to complete a straight, with 2 cards to come up is 3.5-1, with only the river left the odds are 6-1.

Odds of catching an inside straight are 7-1 with two cards left and 11-1 with one card left.