Hand Distribution
How often does your range make each hand category? Compare up to six ranges on random runouts or a fixed board. Ranges use PPT syntax.
Inputs
Add board (optional, hides the random-hand baseline)
Concatenated card codes: flop (3), turn (4), or river (5). Comma-separate to average across several boards.
Results
Press ⌘+Enter or click Run to compute.
A hand distribution shows how often a range makes each hand category, high card through straight flush, by a given street. This calculator deals your ranges against random runouts (50,000 trials by default, up to 5 million) in NLHE, Short Deck, and 4-, 5-, and 6-card PLO, then charts each range next to a random-hand baseline precomputed from 2 million dealt-alone hands. The gap between a bar and its dashed tick is the point: double-suited AAKK reaches the river with a flush about 13% of the time against 7% for a random PLO4 hand, but holds a straight just 2% of the time against 11%. Enter up to six ranges to compare them, fix a flop, turn or river to study one texture, or flip to Winning Hand to see which category actually wins at showdown.
Hand Distribution Calculator FAQ
How it works
See how often a poker range makes each hand category (pair, two pair, trips, straight, flush, full house and better) in NLHE, Short Deck, and 4-, 5-, and 6-card PLO. Compare up to six ranges side by side, on random runouts with a random-hand baseline for reference, or on a fixed board.
What does the hand distribution show?
For each range, and optionally a fixed board, it shows how often the range holds each hand category at the street you pick: flop, turn, or river. Dashed ticks mark how often a lone random hand gets there, so you can see where a range beats or trails the deck.
Can I compare ranges?
Up to six at once, each with its own color. With exactly two ranges the tooltip also shows the percentage-point gap per category, and every tooltip row carries a cumulative "this or better" column.
Which games are supported?
NLHE, Short Deck (6+), PLO4, PLO5 and PLO6. Ranges use the same PPT syntax as the range calculator. Short Deck follows Triton rules: flush ranks above full house, and the chart sorts accordingly.
Can I use GTO solver ranges?
Yes, for PLO4: reference a precomputed preflop solver range with #format/line/hero/opponent, e.g. #6m/rfi/btn (6-max button open) or #hu/3b/oop/ip. See the "Solver Ranges" entry in the PPT syntax docs.
Why does a second range drift off the baseline?
Card removal. Ranges are dealt together, so Player 2 draws from whatever Player 1 leaves in the deck. Dealt next to double-suited AAKK, a fully random hand makes about 2pp more straights and 2pp fewer pairs than the baseline, which assumes a hand dealt alone.
What is this useful for?
Judging how ranges and board textures interact: how often a range flops a pair or better, or how a nutted range compares with a wide one.