Hand Statistics

I promised some more poker hand statistics, so here you go.

Here's my updated top ten hands. The number in parenthesis is where that hand ranked the last time I posted my stats - you'll see a few of them have changed)

1. AA +$278.00 - dealt 115 times (previously 2)

2. 88 +272.11 - dealt 110 times (1)

3. QQ + 259.15 - dealt 102 times (3)

4. KK +225.15 - dealt 97 times (4)

5. 99 +216.30 - dealt 117 times (5)

6. JJ +168.15 - dealt 105 times (8)

7. AKo +162.65 - dealt 220 times (7)

8. ATo +144.57 - dealt 241 times (6)

9. AKs +120.60 - dealt 77 times (9)

10. AJo +111.00 - dealt 233 times (-)

Some observations...

• Aces have finally overtaken Eights as my most profitable hand, as they should be.
• My six most profitable hands are strong pocket pairs, but tens are nowhere to be found.
• Of those 6 pocket pairs in the top ten, I've been dealt Aces more than any hand except 9's. That's a good thing.
• I ordered the list by total dollars won by the hand. If I had ordered the list by dollars won per hand dealt, QQ would be my most profitable, with +2.54 every time I'm dealt it. 88 comes in next at 2.47, and AA is third at 2.41.

And here are my worst ten hands.

1. JTo -64.70 - dealt 213 times

2. A8o -57.55 - dealt 240 times

3. 77 -55.72 - dealt 125 times

4. 74o -51.85 - dealt 218 times

5. 64o -51.25 - dealt 200 times

6. 97o -49.00 - dealt 226 times

7. 94o -48.80 - dealt 248 times

8. Q8o -46.50 - dealt 226 times

9. A5o -43.50 - dealt 235 times

10. 33 -41.65 - dealt 109 times

I was shocked when I saw this list. Some stuff is understandable - JTo I can understand, since it's a hand I play often, and times when I flop top pair with it, I'm often outkicked. Same with the small Aces - even if an Ace flops, I'm often still behind. Seven's surprised me being so bad, since Eights are virtually the same hand, and they're my second most profitable. But what really surprised me was the junk hands on the list (74o, 64o, 94o). These are hands I always fold preflop, but yet here they are on the list. The only way I'd ever see a flop with them is for free in the big blind - I must have seen some free flops, caught a piece, and eventually lost. This just shows me that even if I catch a piece of the flop with a crap hand, it's still a crap hand, and I should proceed with caution.

So there you have my poker statistics rundown. Exciting reading, I'm sure!