Most Common Flop

I was watching PNL the other night and seem to remember a conversation about the most common flop. Supposedly the most common you will find is AJ2. Anyone else hear that?

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  • I am not a math genius but I don't think a common flop with random cards is possible.
  • I am not a math genius but I don't think a common flop with random cards is possible.

    Ayup.
  • Odds of flopping THREE SPECIFIC CARDS...16 599 to 1
  • The most common flop (usually after I fold) is 2 of my high cards and one of my low cards.  But maybe that's just me.  
  • here's an odds quesiton. What are the odds that the board will pair in any given hand, as well as the odds for having three cards of the same suite in any given hand?
  • I'm not a believer but it was just what I heard while watching PNL, did anyone else see that episode?
  • I was watching PNL the other night and seem to remember a conversation about the most common flop. Supposedly the most common you will find is AJ2. Anyone else hear that?

    Although I doubt this is a serious comment, an unpaired flop is most common, if that's what was meant by this.

    However, the exact flop AJ2 is less likely than the exact flop 432 since more flops are seen when a lot of Aces and Jacks are in players' hole cards compared to when a lot of 3's and 4's are in players' hole cards.
    Odds of flopping THREE SPECIFIC CARDS...16 599 to 1

    Not so, since the pre-flop play determines whether or not a flop is seen. This general idea is a major oversight in many of the "site X is rigged" analyses. Past plays affect the probibility distribution of future dealt cards.

    For example, the exact flop Ah As Ad is less likely than 2h 2s 2d

    Besides, the odds against 3 exact cards being chosen from a well-shuffled deck are 22,099 to 1. :)

    Along the same vein, this
    here's an odds quesiton. What are the odds that the board will pair in any given hand, as well as the odds for having three cards of the same suite in any given hand?

    is impossible (or at least, exceptionally difficult) to calculate, since the pre-flop play affects the distribution of the cards that appear on the flop.

    ScottyZ
  • I mean regardless of pre flop cards.
  • I mean regardless of pre flop cards.

    This is then easy to compute using elementary probability, but meaningless in application to poker. Flops are related to the pre-flop cards that were dealt.

    The calculations (or Googling the answers) are left as an exercise to the reader. :)

    ScottyZ
  • I'm not a believer but it was just what I heard while watching PNL, did anyone else see that episode?

    I saw that episode... I was on it!

    Johnny said that he heard that AJ2 was the most common flop and asked me if I'd heard anything about it.  I couldn't determine whether or not he was serious, so I said very little.  There was a part of me that thought he meant unpaired flops being more common than paired flops, and there was a part of me that thought he was kidding, but since I couldn't tell, I think we just moved on to something else.
    ScottyZ wrote:
    I was watching PNL the other night and seem to remember a conversation about the most common flop. Supposedly the most common you will find is AJ2. Anyone else hear that?

    Although I doubt this is a serious comment, an unpaired flop is most common, if that's what was meant by this.

    However, the exact flop AJ2 is less likely than the exact flop 432 since more flops are seen when a lot of Aces and Jacks are in players' hole cards compared to when a lot of 3's and 4's are in players' hole cards.
    Odds of flopping THREE SPECIFIC CARDS...16 599 to 1

    Not so, since the pre-flop play determines whether or not a flop is seen. This general idea is a major oversight in many of the "site X is rigged" analyses. Past plays affect the probibility distribution of future dealt cards.

    For example, the exact flop Ah As Ad is less likely than 2h 2s 2d

    Besides, the odds against 3 exact cards being chosen from a well-shuffled deck are 22,099 to 1. :)

    Along the same vein, this
    here's an odds quesiton. What are the odds that the board will pair in any given hand, as well as the odds for having three cards of the same suite in any given hand?

    is impossible (or at least, exceptionally difficult) to calculate, since the pre-flop play affects the distribution of the cards that appear on the flop.

    ScottyZ

    What he said.
  • all_aces wrote:
    I'm not a believer but it was just what I heard while watching PNL, did anyone else see that episode?

    I saw that episode... I was on it!

    Johnny said that he heard that AJ2 was the most common flop and asked me if I'd heard anything about it. I couldn't determine whether or not he was serious, so I said very little. There was a part of me that thought he meant unpaired flops being more common than paired flops, and there was a part of me that thought he was kidding, but since I couldn't tell, I think we just moved on to something else.
    ScottyZ wrote:
    I was watching PNL the other night and seem to remember a conversation about the most common flop. Supposedly the most common you will find is AJ2. Anyone else hear that?

    Although I doubt this is a serious comment, an unpaired flop is most common, if that's what was meant by this.

    However, the exact flop AJ2 is less likely than the exact flop 432 since more flops are seen when a lot of Aces and Jacks are in players' hole cards compared to when a lot of 3's and 4's are in players' hole cards.
    Odds of flopping THREE SPECIFIC CARDS...16 599 to 1

    Not so, since the pre-flop play determines whether or not a flop is seen. This general idea is a major oversight in many of the "site X is rigged" analyses. Past plays affect the probibility distribution of future dealt cards.

    For example, the exact flop Ah As Ad is less likely than 2h 2s 2d

    Besides, the odds against 3 exact cards being chosen from a well-shuffled deck are 22,099 to 1. :)

    Along the same vein, this
    here's an odds quesiton. What are the odds that the board will pair in any given hand, as well as the odds for having three cards of the same suite in any given hand?

    is impossible (or at least, exceptionally difficult) to calculate, since the pre-flop play affects the distribution of the cards that appear on the flop.

    ScottyZ

    What he said.

    Damn you Devo, I was just going to play the"guess who was hosting when this was said" game. I could no longer resist.

    JT can make you speechless at times, no?
  • LOL... NO that's not what I was saying. I just didn't understand the question, so I couldn't answer it. Who knows how or if he meant it.
  • The odds of having 3 cards on the flop is 100%, give or take 0%.
  • all_aces wrote:
    LOL... NO that's not what I was saying. I just didn't understand the question, so I couldn't answer it. Who knows how or if he meant it.

    C'monnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Devo.....................I see you smirking
  • I am not a math genius but I don't think a common flop with random cards is possible.

    How is Q-7 calculated to be the "average" hand then??? Couldn't you just to do the math for 3 cards rather than 2??
  • The odds of having 3 cards on the flop is 100%, give or take 0%.

    You've obviously never played when "Metro" Tom is dealing

    Mark
  • 13CARDS wrote:
    I am not a math genius but I don't think a common flop with random cards is possible.

    How is Q-7 calculated to be the "average" hand then??? Couldn't you just to do the math for 3 cards rather than 2??

    I believe Q 7 is calculated to be at the 50% point (ie will win 50% will lose 50%) against a random hand on an all in. 

    Just did the poker stove stuff and here you go

    equity (%) win (%) tie (%)
    Hand 1: 48.2343 % 46.37% 01.86% { random }
    Hand 2: 51.7657 % 49.90% 01.86% { Qc7d }
  • The correct terminology for Q-7 would be "median", as opposed to average.
  • Here's the "true" median hand, I haven't run all possible hands, but I read an article about the names of hands that explained that Q7 is close, but not as close as this.


    equity(%) win(%) tie(%)
    Hand 1: 49.9868% 47.82% 02.17% (Js5s)
    Hand 2: 50.0132% 47.85% 02.17% (random)

    sstar
  • Sadly, the most common flop is one that I miss completely!
  • Why 13cards said Q-7, was there was an article posted ( I am sorry I have no access to this, maybe try googling it) but every hand the sites have played is logged (obviously) and the most common hand to be dealt randomly was Q-7.  Altough this could of been any two cards, that was the hand most commonly dealt in online poker.
  • I don't think Q7 is dealt most often online, I vote for 72o ! Unless the flop comes 7-7-2, then you have 53o.
  • Not sure if this page has been posted before but if probabilities are interesting to you:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_probability_(Texas_hold_'em)
  • WAAAAYYYYYY to much math.
  • I heard Js5s was the median...

    BUT...I also used to play alot with Sstar so he probably was the one who told me...
  • I'm sure a number of hands are very near 50%...
  • jpajamas wrote:
    I'm sure a number of hands are very near 50%...
    yup, anything against my rockets :'(
  • I always get flop with straight draw or flush draw for somebody when I've got AA, KK, AK or AQ. Then I move in, I think I win here more than 50%. When I have small suited connectors I always get flop with face cards recently. It used to work for me pretty good but recently just didn't. It's maybe just streak of bad luck or something.
  • A flopped flush vs a flopped set, set has 34.44% chance to win.

    Top pair vs Open Ended straight draw with two over cards is generally a 50 50 chance.

    Top pair vs Midle pair with flush draw, is around 52-58% for the drawing hand.

    Top set vs open ended straight flush draw is around 58% for the set.

    I was bored and am throwing out random stats. Although knowing the set vs a flopped flush helps, cause that's happened to me a couple times and i had no idea where i was sitting on odds to call even if i put him on a flush. Also the open ender is good to know cause alot of people undervale that hand.
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