When I have a question like this, I look up the answer in Mike Petriv's Hold'em's Odds Book. I may not improve my math skills by looking up the answer- but I know that answer. If it's important, here are the figures.


You are holding two offsuit cards (83o). There are 19,600 possible flops. The chances of you flopping:


two pairs (8's and 3's): 396/19,600

trips: 264/19,600

full house: 18/19,600

quads: 2/19,600


total: 680/19,600 or 3.47% or 27.8:1