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In Texas Holdem what is the probability that the best hand is on the table?

The brute force method would involve calculating the probability of a royal flush on the table (i.e., the five community cards are A, K, Q, J, T suited). Follow this by calculating the probability ...
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Combinatorics Pigeon Hole Poker Game

Suppose I shuffle a standard 52 card deck deck and give you 25 cards at random from it. You are then tasked with making 5 poker hands from these cards such that each card is in exactly one hand. The ...
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Each of A, B, and C draw a card without replacement from a 52-card deck. What is the probability that A's face value is higher than the rest?

Case 1: All three cards have equal face values. There are 13 such cases since there are 13 different ranks. Case 2: Two cards have equal face value and the third card has a lower value. Initially, I ...
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In this simple playing card game, is the expected probability constant?

I came up with a simple game using a standard 52-card deck. This is a 1-on-1 game involving a player and a dealer. The rules are as follows. Player makes a bet. One card is dealt to the player. One ...
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Why is an online poker article claiming that Straights happen more often than Three of a Kinds in a short deck?

Six Plus Hold'em is a variant of Texas Hold'em in which a short deck is used. A short deck is a deck in which all cards from 2 to 5 are removed from a standard 52-card deck, leaving only 36 cards. Due ...
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What are the odds of getting 3 pair in texas holdem?

I'm looking to create a variant of holdem allowing 6 and 7 card hands in special situations. Namely, 3 pair, 2 set, and quads over set (a full mansion). My probability skills are rusty, but I'm still ...
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How to rank a new type of Hold 'Em Poker hand (hard)

I am trying to figure out how to rank a new type of poker hand, henceforth called a 'Block'. A Block consists of 6 cards, and so is not possible in regular Poker - only Hold'em. Each Block consists of ...
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Has the game of texas hold em poker been beaten?

I am no mathematician, I guess this is obvious. I hope this question is appropriate. So, I know that in poker the opponents psychology matter, but imagine that you are playing against a perfectly ...
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Probability of having n number of cards of the same kind from drawn N cards

Introduction Before starting, I would like to specify a few things: The deck has 52 cards. From 1 (Ace) to 10, J, Q, K, all in four different suits: spades, diamonds, club and hearts. I don't add ...
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Which card should we change (and to what card) to maximize the probability of getting two pairs?

In a standard $52$-card deck we change 8♧ with 10♤ and 9♧ with J♤ from another deck of cards. If we change another card, which card should we change (and to what card) to maximize the probability of ...
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How is calculated the frequency of a pair, a flush of 2 cards, a straight of 2 cards and a straight flush of 2 cards (52 cards, hand of 2, 3, 4, etc)?

Introduction Before starting, I would like to specify a few things: The deck has 52 cards. From 1 (Ace) to 10, J, Q, K, all in four different suits: spades, diamonds, club and hearts. I don't add ...
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Why is the probability of getting a pair in a five-card poker hand so complicated?

The working-out of this question has really confused me. I know the basics of probability but I don't get the calculations here. I think 13C2 * 4C2 determines the number of possible pairs, and the ...
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Combinatorics involving a poker hand

How many 5 card poker hands can be dealt from a standard deck of 52 cards with 3 hearts and 2 diamonds? I have tried this but I am not sure if it is correct: ${13\choose3}{13\choose2} = 22308$
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Expected Value : Poker

You are dealt $4$ cards face down on a table. You know that $2$ are red and $2$ are black. Let’s say you are given $100 to bet on this game and you are able to bet after each card is dealt and before ...
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Poker Combination problem

A little while ago I made a post on here and this is basically a follow up to it as I ran into some problems. Basically two people , player A and B, are playing a version of poker where there's 3 ...
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