The Comparison report ranks your hand against all other possible hands, once all of the cards have been dealt. The image at the right is from a game of Texas Hold'em, with the following cards:

Player Hand		Community

Usually having the nut Flush is not a question of whether to bet, but more of "How much money can I get out of my opponents?" But when a pair appears on the board, there is always the possibility of a Full House. When you have a really strong hand, and you are concerned that someone else might have an even better hand, the Comparison report is a very useful tool.

Once all of the cards have been dealt, the Comparison report ranks your hand against all others. This is especially useful when you think you have a powerful hand and some other player makes an unexpectedly large bet.

The image above shows that, out of 990 possible opponent hands, there are 18 combinations that produce a better hand. What is extremely important to understand before going any further is that RealPokerOdds™ produces all possibible combinations, and doesn't attempt to condense hands. For example, the Comparison report shows that the King and Ten of diamonds is the best possible opponent, but in reality any King-Ten combination is the nut hand. RealPokerOdds™ simply found the King-Ten of diamonds hand first.

If you want more information than just the summary the Comparison report provides, the Outcomes window shows every possible opponent. The window can be sorted by winning hand, which can be used to instantly view the hands that create a Full House.

The Details report provides a list of all possible opponent hands. Shown here are some of the hands that beat the Ace-high Flush.

Since suit doesn't matter here, the combinations that the Outcome window show are:

Opponent Hand	Example	Combinations
King-Ten		3
King-Eight		3
King-Two		3
Ten-Ten		3
Eight-Eight		3
Two-Two		3

Seeing All The Possibilities

If you are new to the game of poker, then judicial use of the Comparison report is vital to understanding the odds. New players are often shocked when they lose with a hand such as:

Player Hand		Community

Cries of "Bad Beat" resound in the air, but with four hearts on the board, there are 129 hands (13%) that have at least the Ace, King, or Queen of hearts. And if there are many players at the table, it is not unreasonable to expect a player to have one of those cards.

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