Omaha High Puzzle

#1 25th October 2005, 1:10 AM

Omaha high only. you hold 9333. There are THREE ways for you to hold
the absolute nuts. What are they?

1.)
2.)
3.)

Bill

#2 25th October 2005, 1:24 AM

This is a tricky one.

999 flop with the other 2 cards unpaired or lower than a 9 otherwise 999AA you could both have quads

every other option my brain can think of this late I can think of holdings that will beat you, gonna have to put some thought into it ;]

#3 25th October 2005, 3:02 AM

1) 3 and 9 and no other pairs on board

2) 993 and no other pairs higher than 2

3) 999 and no pairs above a 9

all the above assume there is not a straight flush draw on board.

#4 25th October 2005, 3:04 AM

oops my no. 1 isn't right. Damn, neither is my 2.

#5 25th October 2005, 5:49 PM

1. 999XX, with no pairs above 9 or straight flush possibility
2. AKQJ10 suited, with 93 of same suit; this gives you Q high flush
3. does not exist! lol i can't figure out the last answer

#6 25th October 2005, 6:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soadwes

1. 999XX, with no pairs above 9 or straight flush possibility
2. AKQJ10 suited, with 93 of same suit; this gives you Q high flush
3. does not exist! lol i can't figure out the last answer

1 and 2 correct (though 2 would be Ace high flush)

3 - 993, and 2 other unpaired cards lower than an 8. You'd have full house, 9's over 3's, and no-one else could have higher as there are no cards on board bigger than 9 to make trips.

Edit - no F*@% it - if someone else has got the other 9 and matches other card they'll beat you. 99322's no good cos they could have 22 -oh,i don't know either!

#7 25th October 2005, 6:47 PM

no wheel straight flushes cause you HAVE to use 2 cards in your hand.
1)999 other 2 cards lower than 9
2) AKQJ10 suited, with 93 of same suit; this gives you A high flush
when I finger the rest I will edit
3) Board=32222 Dork got this one b4 I did

#8 25th October 2005, 7:07 PM

[18:02] <Qhr1s0> aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
[18:02] <Qhr1s0> my brain hurts
[18:02] <Qhr1s0> curse that bill bastard!

#9 25th October 2005, 7:16 PM

REJOICE

999xx with no straight flush possibility and no paired overcards to the 9
AKQJTs, with 93 of same suit
32222

[18:16] <Qhr1s0> 32222
[18:17] <Qhr1s0> you have 3s full of 2s
[18:17] <Qhr1s0> opponent can only make 2s full of whatever

#10 25th October 2005, 7:29 PM

That was a tough one! i thought about 32222 but was thinking AAxx would have you beat with 222AA, but didn't realize you had 33322... very good! Are there any other quizes like this? I definately enjoyed that one.

#11 25th October 2005, 8:00 PM

We can do a quiz a day. I started doing out puzzles quite awhile back but all that did was start an arguement about what the "nuts" and an "out" are.

#12 25th October 2005, 8:19 PM

So how can you argue what the nuts are? I thought that was a pretty simple calculation....

#13 25th October 2005, 9:00 PM

phooey, i had my answer written in notepad but havent had the chance to post until now, and it's already been solved. well, at least i got it right.

for a while i thought "why not quad 3s?" until i realized you would need that elusive fifth trey to make it. :P

very fun quiz, got my brain thinkin.

#14 25th October 2005, 10:16 PM

yeah so did I!

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