Frequently Asked Questions about Poker Potjie

Why does the 'Gutshot and backdoor draws' poker hand category sometimes show > 100%

To re-create the situation...

My Poker Hand		AcKs
Poker Board Cards		KcTd8s
Opponent Hand Range		20.7%

The % signs next to each category tells you what percentage of your opponent's hand range are found in this category.
This is calculated by adding up all the cards inside the category and dividing them by the number of cards in the opponent's hand range. The percentage result is rounded down to a whole number.

In this situation you get
Gutshot straight draw no pair 15%
Backdoor flush draw 20%
Backdoor straight draw 65%
(keep in mind these percentages are rounded down)

If you open up the category: 'Gutshot straight draw no pair' you will see a whole bunch of AQ, AJ and Q9 hands.
Then if you open up the 'Backdoor flush draw' hands you will see some AQ hands, AJ hands and some Q9 hands.

This means these hands are in both categories.
If you add up all the cards in these 'Gutshot and backdoor draw' hand categories you get >100% of this player's hand range.

The category 'Gutshot and Backdoor draws' is not paid a huge amount of attention because these hands have a small chance of hitting.
If you see this hand category has 100% or more it just means that your opponent's entire range here will have some kind of unlikely draw.

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