Pocket 22 Odds at a 2-Player Table
From 100,000 simulated deals. A random two cards would win about 50%.
That makes Pocket 22 close to what a completely random hand would win at this table size. It ties 0.8% of the time and loses the remaining 49.85% — and remember that “wins” here means every player stays to showdown, which real tables never do. In practice opponents fold, so a hand’s true value depends heavily on position and how many players are still live when it’s your turn to act.
As a pocket pair, Pocket 22 starts with immediate made-hand value and doesn’t rely on the board pairing to stay ahead, though with more players in the hand there’s more chance someone draws out with two pair, trips, or better.
Among all 169 starting hands at a 2-player table, Pocket 22 is the 79th strongest of 169.
Table size alone moves this hand more than most players expect: Pocket 22 wins 49.35% heads-up against a single opponent, but only 12.54% at a full 9-player table — a 36.8 point swing from nothing but how many players are dealt in, before anyone has acted.
Pocket 22 vs. 2 players
A random hand wins about 50% here, so this is 1.0× a coin-flip share of the pot. Based on 100,000 simulated hands.