What are the odds?

#1 12th October 2007, 9:03 AM

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So what are the odds of flopping 8,4,6 suited (in that order) in any one hand?

#2 12th October 2007, 9:16 AM

I think it would be (4/52)*(1/51)*(1/50) which is about a 33000:1 shot.

BUT 50 POUNDS!

#3 12th October 2007, 9:24 AM

what are the odds of this.....

sitting in a tournament, full table. in the space of just 17 hands, i have a straight three times and bet all the way through to the river. Only two players left each time (myself and villian), and my three straights are beaten by the same guy, each time with a (one-card) higher straight.

bastard

#4 12th October 2007, 9:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guy incognito

what are the odds of this.....

sitting in a tournament, full table. in the space of just 17 hands, i have a straight three times and bet all the way through to the river. Only two players left each time (myself and villian), and my three straights are beaten by the same guy, each time with a (one-card) higher straight.

bastard

fascinating reading, but is it relevant? its a thread about a promotion, not a place for annoying beats.

Sorry if that sounds really cynical, it's not meant to.

#5 12th October 2007, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guy incognito

what are the odds of this.....

9/1

#6 12th October 2007, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robwhufc

9/1

way to be a sport ther rob, even though i do sense a lil' sarcasm...

#7 12th October 2007, 2:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChuckTs

I think it would be (4/52)*(1/51)*(1/50) which is about a 33000:1 shot.

BUT 50 POUNDS!

That means if you play 23000 hands over those 3 days, the odds are you will see a flop like that.

That's 7667 hands per day, so if you play 24 hours a day, you just have to play 320 hands per hour, easy if you want to multi-table. I don't know how much 50 pounds is in American currency, but you could 9-table 24/7 for 3 days and probably have close to a 75% chance of winning, because 9-tabling puts you over 320 hands per hour. And since it's 50 pounds regardless of stakes, just sit in on the lowest stakes they offer

#8 12th October 2007, 3:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zachvac

That means if you play 23000 hands over those 3 days, the odds are you will see a flop like that.

That's 7667 hands per day, so if you play 24 hours a day, you just have to play 320 hands per hour, easy if you want to multi-table. I don't know how much 50 pounds is in American currency, but you could 9-table 24/7 for 3 days and probably have close to a 75% chance of winning, because 9-tabling puts you over 320 hands per hour. And since it's 50 pounds regardless of stakes, just sit in on the lowest stakes they offer

wow zach, you REALLY have way too much time on your hands!

#9 12th October 2007, 3:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChuckTs

I think it would be (4/52)*(1/51)*(1/50) which is about a 33000:1 shot.

BUT 50 POUNDS!

woo 0.15 pence equity per hand!

#10 12th October 2007, 3:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xtreme_calibur

wow zach, you REALLY have way too much time on your hands!

All wasted because he didn't take 10 seconds to check he was calculating from the right figure! It was 33,000/1 (33,150/1) actually, not 23,000/1.

(and £50 = $100).

#11 12th October 2007, 4:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robwhufc

All wasted because he didn't take 10 seconds to check he was calculating from the right figure! It was 33,000/1 (33,150/1) actually, not 23,000/1.

(and £50 = $100).

Actually I wasn't, if you play 23,000 hands, the odds are greater than 50% that you will see that 1 in 33,150.

(1-(1/33150))^23000 = .49966 < .5

The odds of that flop NOT coming up 23000 in a row (meaning you don't win any of those 23,000 times) is 49.966% meaning you win 50.03% of the time.

#12 12th October 2007, 4:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xtreme_calibur

wow zach, you REALLY have way too much time on your hands!

Had to do something during math class

#13 12th October 2007, 4:54 PM

Forget the true odds. I get that flop about 3 times per hour, its almost a guarantee if you have AK. Sounds like easy money to me .

What site is this btw?

#14 13th October 2007, 1:31 AM

50 British Pounds. Wow. That's 218,317 Venezuelan Bolivars!

#15 13th October 2007, 3:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zachvac

Had to do something during math class

that incinuates that your still in school. so why you play poker? how old are you, 12? your mother is going to ground you dude!!

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