| This is a discussion on straight vs flush within the online poker forums, in the Learning Poker section; i dont understand why a flush is higher than a straight when a straight you need a ccertain 5 cards but in the other hand ... |
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| straight vs flush i dont understand why a flush is higher than a straight when a straight you need a ccertain 5 cards but in the other hand a flush you could use any of the 13 same suit cards. what is your opinion? |
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| Look at it this way... You hold 89h. The cards that can help you make a straight are: 7777TTTT6666JJJJ5555QQQQ But the cards that help you make a flush are: A234567TJQK of hearts only. In a large sample of hands where 7 cards are dealt ( like in a hand of holdem or stud) you will see 2 flushes for every three straights more or less. That said.. counter intuitively after a flop a hand with 4 to a straight has a slightly worse chance of seeing the straight than 4 to a flush has of seeing a flush. (8 outs vs. 9) |
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| re: straight vs flush poker I used to think the same thing as the OP. Straights *seemed* like they'd be harder to get than flushes, but that's not the case. If you do the math there are: 1,098,240 ways to make one pair 123,552 ways to make two pair 54,912 ways to make three of a kind 10,200 ways to make a straight 5,108 ways to make a flush 3,744 ways to make a full house 624 to make four of a kind 36 ways to make a straight flush 4 ways to make a royal flush I like how cAPSLOCK puts it: Quote:
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