Domination (poker)

Informally, domination is sometimes used to refer to any situation where one hand is highly likely to beat another.

The term drawing dead is used to denote a domination situation with zero outs.

In hold'em poker variations, domination usually refers to one of five situations involving the hole cards: The following table shows examples of common domination situations.

The green percentages denote the three common domination situations noted above.

In contrast, the brown percentages denote non-domination situations.