Won Lee wrote: > Ian Skinner wrote: > >>Unless I'm misunderstanding your question, we don't need to worry about >>any odds once we've drawn a "missed" card. >> >>I'm trying to figure out the odds before anything is drawn. A good example: >>how does one calculate the odds of drawing a 5 card flush before the first >>card is dealt? > > > If you are dealt to K2hearts in the big blind and the flop comes out Ah > 8h 5c; the odds of making your flush to the river is about 35% or 9 out > of 47. In poker talk they would say 9:38. 9 possibilities are good. > 38 are bad. > > If you played a game where 5 cards were dealt face down the probability > you will draw a 5 card flush is. > > 52/52 * 12/52 * 11/52 * 10/52 * 9/52 >
Opps should be 52/52 * 12/51 * 11/50 * 10/49 * 9/48 And the denom isn't possible outcomes. It's unknown cards. Sorry for the confusion. -- 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. Ron Artest: Extremely flawed, very accidental, semi-martyr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142606 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
