HELP! STRAIGHT FLUSH PROBABILITY!

#1 14th February 2011, 4:55 PM

I have a math question regarding poker and a straight flush. It is as follows. PLEASE HELP!

1. You and _____ are playing a game of 5 card poker with 48 cards (deck is missing all 2's). In your hand you have the A, K, Q, J, and 9 of spades (flush). This is a good hand and it is very unlikely that _____ will beat you, however, you still want to know your probability of losing before you place your bet..
What is the probability that ____ has a better poker hand?

HELP!

#2 14th February 2011, 6:19 PM

You shouldn't cheat on tests/quizzes...

#3 15th February 2011, 3:25 PM

I tutor math at my university and someone came to me asking this EXACT question. I'm assuming you don't actually know poker, so a hint is that 4 of a kind, full houses (three of a kind and two of kind) and a straight flush, all beat that hand. The rest is basic probability that you should be able to handle.

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