variation on casino war
July 19th, 2011 at 7:43:02 PM
permalink
Need some advice, seven players each receive one card and one card to the house. What are the odds of an individual player's card tying with the house card (same face value). 8 deck's
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
July 19th, 2011 at 9:44:57 PM
permalink
416 cards in the deck, 32 of each face value. If you have one card of a given value, there are 31 left that the dealer could have in the remaining 415 cards. 31/415 = 7.47%, or just slightly less than 1 in 13 (as you'd expect).
If you can see the other players' cards, the answer depends on how many of your value are in the other hands.
If you can see the other players' cards, the answer depends on how many of your value are in the other hands.
"In my own case, when it seemed to me after a long illness that death was close at hand, I found no little solace in playing constantly at dice."
-- Girolamo Cardano, 1563
