TABLE C3: Chance of Improvement for Various Seven-Card Stud Hands MIDDLE RANGE (You hold five cards)
If you have

| The
probability that the final strength of your
hand after seven cards will be... |
Expressed
in percent (%) is... |
The
odds against it are... |
| Straight-Flush
|
0.19
|
540
to 1 |
| Four-of-a-kind
|
0.09 |
1,080 to 1 |
| Full House
|
2.50 |
39.0
to 1 |
| Flush
|
3.98 |
24.1 to 1 |
| Straight |
30.99 |
2.23
to 1 |
| Three-of-a-kind |
5.18 |
18.3
to 1 |
| Two-Pair |
29.05 |
2.44
to 1 |
If you have

| The probability that the final strength of your hand after seven cards will be... |
Expressed in percent (%) is... |
The odds against it are... |
| Straight-Flush
|
-- |
-- |
| Four-of-a-kind
|
0.09 |
1,080 to 1 |
| Full House
|
2.50 |
39.0
to 1 |
| Flush
|
4.16 |
23.0
to 1 |
| Straight |
-- |
-- |
| Three-of-a-kind |
6.66 |
14.0
to 1 |
| Two-Pair |
36.63 |
1.73
to 1 |
NOTE: This chart assumes no knowledge of exposed cards in other hands.
For each five-card hand, there are 1,081 possible combinations when receiving the next two cards. |