Luck
Royal flush (5-card poker)
Odds
1 in 649,740
per 5-card hand · Standard 52-card deck
What this means
A royal flush is the rarest standard poker hand. Unlike lightning or shark stats, this figure is exact under fair-shuffle assumptions.
Methodology
Exact math: C(52,5) = 2,598,960 possible hands; 4 royal flushes → 2,598,960 / 4 = 649,740.
Updated 2026-01-15
Source
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Odds of a royal flush: 1 in 649,740 (per 5-card hand). — How Likely Is That? https://www.howlikelyisthat.com/odds/odds-of-a-royal-flush
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