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Ultimate Texas Hold ’Em Appendix 1

Introduction

The following table shows the probability of a large, medium, or small raise, or fold for each initial 2-card hand, as well as the expected value.

Ultimate Texas Hold'em Return Table

Initial
Hand		 Probability
Large
Raise		 Probability
Medium
Raise		 Probability
Small
Raise		 Probability
Fold		 Expected
Value
2/3 unsuited 0 0.304286 0.243606 0.452109 -0.925837
2/4 unsuited 0 0.310306 0.241466 0.448228 -0.87256
2/5 unsuited 0 0.314337 0.242178 0.443485 -0.823324
2/6 unsuited 0 0.312194 0.233915 0.453891 -0.861363
2/7 unsuited 0 0.305357 0.231536 0.463107 -0.882806
2/8 unsuited 0 0.308878 0.237584 0.453539 -0.820061
2/9 unsuited 0 0.310612 0.28569 0.403698 -0.758211
2/10 unsuited 0 0.316633 0.38609 0.297277 -0.659454
2/J unsuited 0 0.322143 0.479439 0.198419 -0.567216
2/Q unsuited 0 0.333418 0.515782 0.1508 -0.452218
2/K unsuited 0 0.362551 0.525849 0.1116 -0.311296
2/A unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.04173
3/4 unsuited 0 0.323163 0.243305 0.433532 -0.760051
3/5 unsuited 0 0.322857 0.24694 0.430202 -0.708336
3/6 unsuited 0 0.319745 0.23938 0.440875 -0.745154
3/7 unsuited 0 0.31949 0.231853 0.448657 -0.767026
3/8 unsuited 0 0.313163 0.233988 0.452848 -0.784905
3/9 unsuited 0 0.314745 0.28581 0.399445 -0.708666
3/10 unsuited 0 0.319082 0.386977 0.293941 -0.610015
3/J unsuited 0 0.323929 0.490041 0.186031 -0.516712
3/Q unsuited 0 0.335612 0.530447 0.133941 -0.400884
3/K unsuited 0 0.371224 0.528731 0.100045 -0.258317
3/A unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.147447
4/5 unsuited 0 0.330102 0.253447 0.416451 -0.597704
4/6 unsuited 0 0.326939 0.24502 0.428041 -0.631146
4/7 unsuited 0 0.324184 0.239921 0.435895 -0.652204
4/8 unsuited 0 0.322398 0.238953 0.438649 -0.670508
4/9 unsuited 0 0.316939 0.28459 0.398471 -0.674678
4/10 unsuited 0 0.322449 0.388382 0.289169 -0.561652
4/J unsuited 0 0.328112 0.497765 0.174123 -0.467023
4/Q unsuited 0 0.340714 0.543068 0.116217 -0.350343
4/K unsuited 0 0.380714 0.531607 0.087679 -0.206014
4/A unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.249395
5/6 unsuited 0 0.332041 0.25253 0.415429 -0.520572
5/7 unsuited 0 0.329694 0.246692 0.423614 -0.538616
5/8 unsuited 0 0.327347 0.246239 0.426414 -0.556168
5/9 unsuited 0 0.325153 0.289475 0.385372 -0.560523
5/10 unsuited 0 0.326224 0.385557 0.288218 -0.527259
5/J unsuited 0 0.333418 0.501255 0.165327 -0.415855
5/Q unsuited 0 0.348673 0.557868 0.093458 -0.297525
5/K unsuited 1 0 0 0 -0.117582
5/A unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.358541
6/7 unsuited 0 0.335408 0.249535 0.415057 -0.430923
6/8 unsuited 0 0.33398 0.248153 0.417867 -0.446264
6/9 unsuited 0 0.33199 0.290571 0.377439 -0.450033
6/10 unsuited 0 0.333418 0.388159 0.278423 -0.416729
6/J unsuited 0 0.335918 0.495046 0.169035 -0.382895
6/Q unsuited 0 0.35352 0.558225 0.088255 -0.24873
6/K unsuited 1 0 0 0 -0.020774
6/A unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.339763
7/8 unsuited 0 0.338469 0.252622 0.408909 -0.340197
7/9 unsuited 0 0.33699 0.293185 0.369826 -0.341955
7/10 unsuited 0 0.340714 0.388049 0.271237 -0.305845
7/J unsuited 0 0.344745 0.493503 0.161752 -0.269829
7/Q unsuited 0 0.363418 0.554881 0.0817 -0.209388
7/K unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.081354
7/A unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.465996
8/9 unsuited 0 0.344286 0.289869 0.365845 -0.236111
8/10 unsuited 0 0.37148 0.366061 0.26246 -0.193462
8/J unsuited 0 0.370816 0.474244 0.154939 -0.154944
8/Q unsuited 1 0 0 0 -0.069429
8/K unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.166259
8/A unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.575314
9/10 unsuited 0 0.405153 0.334936 0.259911 -0.07946
9/J unsuited 0 0.42 0.427722 0.152278 -0.038548
9/Q unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.132505
9/K unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.371024
9/A unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.667695
10/J unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.174024
10/Q unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.369495
10/K unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.607484
10/A unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.906071
J/Q unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.455681
J/K unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.691991
J/A unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.991767
Q/K unsuited 1 0 0 0 0.782942
Q/A unsuited 1 0 0 0 1.080609
K/A unsuited 1 0 0 0 1.171914
2/3 suited 0 0.306071 0.271131 0.422798 -0.649268
2/4 suited 0 0.313265 0.268168 0.418567 -0.599061
2/5 suited 0 0.317857 0.268349 0.413794 -0.552398
2/6 suited 0 0.315867 0.260915 0.423218 -0.609673
2/7 suited 0 0.3125 0.25629 0.43121 -0.650352
2/8 suited 0 0.31801 0.260772 0.421218 -0.588712
2/9 suited 0 0.33301 0.294364 0.372625 -0.527903
2/10 suited 0 0.363316 0.365854 0.27083 -0.429841
2/J suited 0 0.395306 0.42622 0.178474 -0.33622
2/Q suited 0 0.422194 0.444596 0.133211 -0.22044
2/K suited 1 0 0 0 -0.074507
2/A suited 1 0 0 0 0.399855
3/4 suited 0 0.326582 0.269192 0.404226 -0.472659
3/5 suited 0 0.327041 0.272155 0.400804 -0.423657
3/6 suited 0 0.324745 0.264753 0.410502 -0.479822
3/7 suited 0 0.325969 0.256953 0.417078 -0.52088
3/8 suited 0 0.321837 0.257764 0.420399 -0.557778
3/9 suited 0 0.343112 0.290837 0.366051 -0.482501
3/10 suited 0 0.374031 0.361153 0.264816 -0.38425
3/J suited 0 0.401582 0.43196 0.166458 -0.289096
3/Q suited 0 0.427092 0.454265 0.118643 -0.172115
3/K suited 1 0 0 0 0.022
3/A suited 1 0 0 0 0.496714
4/5 suited 0 0.337908 0.275477 0.386615 -0.298984
4/6 suited 0 0.33699 0.266402 0.396608 -0.351849
4/7 suited 0 0.334388 0.2618 0.403812 -0.392104
4/8 suited 0 0.332398 0.261349 0.406253 -0.429525
4/9 suited 0 0.35398 0.283815 0.362206 -0.452472
4/10 suited 0 0.392857 0.351632 0.255511 -0.339384
4/J suited 0 0.413673 0.432751 0.153576 -0.242526
4/Q suited 0 0.436429 0.460315 0.103256 -0.124449
4/K suited 1 0 0 0 0.117016
4/A suited 1 0 0 0 0.590105
5/6 suited 0 0.348316 0.268747 0.382936 -0.226888
5/7 suited 0 0.34449 0.264516 0.390994 -0.264165
5/8 suited 0 0.344949 0.262638 0.392413 -0.30074
5/9 suited 0 0.381378 0.275176 0.343446 -0.323487
5/10 suited 0 0.409388 0.339889 0.250723 -0.308004
5/J suited 0 0.423316 0.431525 0.145159 -0.194062
5/Q suited 0 0.442245 0.471463 0.086292 -0.07447
5/K suited 1 0 0 0 0.219148
5/A suited 1 0 0 0 0.690217
6/7 suited 0 0.35551 0.262945 0.381544 -0.140962
6/8 suited 0 0.360102 0.257902 0.381996 -0.174977
6/9 suited 0 0.390561 0.273507 0.335932 -0.196585
6/10 suited 0 0.419184 0.339803 0.241014 -0.18096
6/J suited 0 0.429286 0.424012 0.146703 -0.163644
6/Q suited 1 0 0 0 -0.006074
6/K suited 1 0 0 0 0.309149
6/A suited 1 0 0 0 0.649275
7/8 suited 0 0.374796 0.254913 0.370291 -0.052754
7/9 suited 0 0.398367 0.273578 0.328054 -0.071685
7/10 suited 0 0.424694 0.340031 0.235275 -0.053435
7/J suited 0 0.432806 0.425739 0.141455 -0.034445
7/Q suited 1 0 0 0 0.062776
7/K suited 1 0 0 0 0.403899
7/A suited 1 0 0 0 0.767431
8/9 suited 0 0.414286 0.26514 0.320574 0.051069
8/10 suited 0 0.445663 0.324835 0.229502 0.075411
8/J suited 1 0 0 0 0.107386
8/Q suited 1 0 0 0 0.278932
8/K suited 1 0 0 0 0.481611
8/A suited 1 0 0 0 0.86889
9/10 suited 0 0.477194 0.296558 0.226249 0.205485
9/J suited 1 0 0 0 0.317837
9/Q suited 1 0 0 0 0.489199
9/K suited 1 0 0 0 0.694571
9/A suited 1 0 0 0 0.953564
10/J suited 1 0 0 0 0.778841
10/Q suited 1 0 0 0 0.943595
10/K suited 1 0 0 0 1.148469
10/A suited 1 0 0 0 1.409312
J/Q suited 1 0 0 0 1.024156
J/K suited 1 0 0 0 1.2275
J/A suited 1 0 0 0 1.489507
Q/K suited 1 0 0 0 1.31262
Q/A suited 1 0 0 0 1.572705
K/A suited 1 0 0 0 1.658326
2/2 pair 0 0.144388 0.792662 0.06295 -0.179478
3/3 pair 1 0 0 0 0.088456
4/4 pair 1 0 0 0 0.46157
5/5 pair 1 0 0 0 0.831643
6/6 pair 1 0 0 0 1.159873
7/7 pair 1 0 0 0 1.486948
8/8 pair 1 0 0 0 1.811461
9/9 pair 1 0 0 0 2.132513
10/10 pair 1 0 0 0 2.480803
J/J pair 1 0 0 0 2.749739
Q/Q pair 1 0 0 0 3.018649
K/K pair 1 0 0 0 3.289359
A/A pair 1 0 0 0 3.601073

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Written by: Michael Shackleford