How should you play a Royal Flush in Texas Hold’em?

Hitting a Royal Flush is the dream hand of any poker player. If you manage to land one, then you know for certain that nobody has a superior hand to yours. The trick to playing a Royal Flush is managing to lure other players in to increase the pot. This will allow you to maximize your winnings from that hand.

You’ll need to be careful though, raise the bet too high and you’ll arouse suspicion, which could risk players folding before you can get more chips out of them or take them to a showdown.

Royal Flush Probabilities

Given the fact that Texas Hold'em is the most popular variant, we will focus on the probabilities of getting a Royal Flush when playing this type of poker game.

In this instance, we will focus on the odds of being dealt the Royal Flush on the flop. Meaning a player will have five cards – consisting of their two hole cards and the three flop cards.

The odds of being dealt the Royal Flush on the flop is only the tip of the iceberg. To view a wider range of odds and probabilities of being dealt different hands then check out our very own poker odds calculator.