How to enhance your Poker game

• Got a pair?

The chance of one of your hole cards making a pair on the flop is 32.2% or about a third. 

• Three is a crowd

If you already have a pair, the odds of flopping a set (three of a kind) are only 7.5/1 – so make sure you only play small pairs cheaply, and only if the pot is worth it.

• Get this Straight

If you flop an open-ended straight draw this gives you eight outs (eight possible cards that will complete the hand), so you'll hit your hand by the river 31.5% of the time. Just make sure you're getting pot odds (the value of the pot versus the value of your bet) to see the next card.

• Over Pair

When two pairs go head to head, the bigger pair will win roughly 80% of the time (or four times out of five). So if you’ve got queens, and see a bet, raise and re-raise in front of you, you might be up against aces, kings, or possibly both. Time to fold.

• Yes they were Suited

Don't play any two cards just because they're suited. It only improves your hand by 2.5%.

• Premium to get going

The chances of getting a top starting hand (of double aces, picture pairs or A-K suited), is a minute 2.1%. Hold out for one of these and you’ll never get started.