Hand rankings, starting hands, outs, pot odds and match-ups — one printable page. Print it or save the PDF.
Suited above the diagonal, offsuit below. Tight early, wider late.
| Outs | Turn | River |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4% | 8% |
| 4 | 9% | 16% |
| 6 | 13% | 24% |
| 8 | 17% | 31% |
| 9 | 19% | 35% |
| 10 | 21% | 38% |
| 12 | 26% | 45% |
| 15 | 32% | 54% |
Rule of 2 & 4: outs ×2 (one card) or ×4 (two). Flush draw 9 · open-ender 8 · gutshot 4 · two overcards 6.
| Bet %pot | You get | Need |
|---|---|---|
| 25% | 5.0:1 | 17% |
| 33% | 4.0:1 | 20% |
| 50% | 3.0:1 | 25% |
| 66% | 2.5:1 | 28% |
| 75% | 2.3:1 | 30% |
| 100% | 2.0:1 | 33% |
| 150% | 1.7:1 | 38% |
Call when your equity beats the "need" column.
The four decisions you make every hand — what beats what, what to play, will it hit, is the price right — on a single sheet you can pin up or print.
Most poker 'cheat sheets' cover one thing — just hand rankings, or just a starting chart. This one puts the whole core of the game on a single printable sheet: what beats what, which hands to play from where, how likely your draw is to hit, and whether the pot is paying you enough to call. Pin it by your screen or fold it into your wallet for the home game, and the four decisions you make most often are always in front of you.
The odds here aren't rounded folklore — the outs table is exact probability, the pot-odds column is the true equity each bet size demands, and the starting-hand grid is the same tiered opening framework as our interactive chart. Learn why behind each block with the outs calculator, pot odds calculator and free courses, then keep the sheet handy until it's all second nature.
You raise A♥ K♥, the button calls, and the flop comes Q♥ 8♥ 3♣ — top-pair top-kicker with the nut flush draw. Instead of guessing, run one finger down the sheet. Nine hearts left means nine outs; the outs-to-equity row reads a flush draw at roughly 35% to complete by the river, and that's before your top pair improves. Now the pot-odds row: it tells you the exact equity a call needs at each bet size, so when the button jams you can see in a glance whether 35%-plus clears the price. And you were only in this pot cheaply because the starting-hand grid flagged A♥ K♥ as a premium open in the first place. Four separate look-ups — ranking, grid, outs, pot odds — collapse into a single confident decision, all from one page.
Verdict — the nut flush draw is ~35% by the river, the pot-odds row confirms the price, and the grid already told you this was a premium open: callFix It's a 6-max default, not a rule. Tighten the ranges from early seats and open far wider on the button — the same square is a fold under the gun and a raise in the cut-off.
Fix The higher river percentage in the outs table assumes two cards still to come. With only the river left, use the one-card column — a nine-out draw is ~35% flop-to-river but only ~20% turn-to-river.
Fix An out only helps if it makes you the winner. A card that completes your straight but puts a third flush card out there, or pairs the board into a full house, isn't a real out — discount it before you trust the equity.
Fix The classic numbers — a pair vs two overcards is a coin flip, AK vs QQ is about 43% — are rounded all-in equities. They're a feel for the spot, not decimals to bet your stack on.
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Four essentials on one page: the ten poker hand rankings with examples, the 169-hand starting-hand grid colour-coded by strength, an outs-to-equity table with the rule of 2 and 4, pot odds by bet size, and the classic pre-flop match-up equities.
It's a solid 6-max cash-game opening framework — tight early, wider late. It's a strong default for tournaments too until stacks get short, where play shifts toward push-or-fold.
The outs table is exact probability against a random deck, and the pot-odds column is the true break-even equity for each bet size. The pre-flop match-ups are rounded all-in equities, accurate to about a percent.