Sunday, September 02, 2007


Poker hands & online poker hands :) : poker research with tips & hints - Part 2 of 2

Other poker hands

Since I'm such a nice guy, I'll let you figure out how I came up with these numbers (see the previous long post).
Straight: 5 cards in a row. The suits don't matter.
Number of card combinations: 9.
Number of suit combinations: 1,024
Total: 9,216Probability: 0.35%
Note: Some argue that the number combinations are actually 10 since the ace can be either low or high. I would argue that it must be one or the other (can't have it both ways).

Flush: 5 cards from the same suit. The cards don't matter.
Number of card combinations: 1,287
Number of suit combinations: 4
Total: 5148
Probability: 0.2%
Note: Some argue that the total should subtract 36 from the total of 5148 since they consider the straight flush a completely different hand than the flush.

Straight flush: 5 cards in a row from the same suit.
Number of card combinations: 9
Number of suit combinations: 4
Total: 36
Probability: you figure it out

And now! The most popular hand in all of spaghetti western movie history!
Royal flush: The 10, jack, queen, king and ace from the same suit.
Number of card combinations: 1
Number of suit combinations: 4
Total: 4
Probability: is it in the real world or Hollywood?

Well done.
Having got through all these thrilling estimates, just do not tell me that you won't win an online poker tournament!
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Yours etc.,
Alex Cup