hit a royal flush in holdem and a straight flush to beat quads in Omaha within 40 hands last night
November 12th, 2011 at 5:32:55 AM
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Just wondering if someone can calculate the odds of this happening. Last night at a friendly low stakes card game I hit a royal flush using 2 cards in my hand in holdem. We were playing dealers choice as long as the game had blinds.
Less than 40 hands later we were playing Omaha and I hit another straight flush as well as the perfect low to beat out 4 of a kind and the perfect low.
Unfortunately this only netted me about $60 since it was low stakes and I was down to ~ $15 at the time of the RF.
Truly amazing, but the thought of wasting a hell of a lot of good luck on such a paltry payout is sad.
Any idea of the odds??
Less than 40 hands later we were playing Omaha and I hit another straight flush as well as the perfect low to beat out 4 of a kind and the perfect low.
Unfortunately this only netted me about $60 since it was low stakes and I was down to ~ $15 at the time of the RF.
Truly amazing, but the thought of wasting a hell of a lot of good luck on such a paltry payout is sad.
Any idea of the odds??
November 12th, 2011 at 1:10:35 PM
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Based only on the thread title, I was gonna say, "Lemme guess. Online and you think the RNG is rigged."
Instead I'll say two things:
A. We should make mention of this when someone questions online gambling.
B. Shit happens.
Sorry that I can't offer a calculation....
Instead I'll say two things:
A. We should make mention of this when someone questions online gambling.
B. Shit happens.
Sorry that I can't offer a calculation....
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November 14th, 2011 at 8:56:53 AM
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The first one is simple enough; there are (50 x 49 x 48 x 47 x 46) / 120 = 2,118,760 combinations of five up-cards; three of the cards have to be the ones needed to fill your royal, so there are (50 x 49) / 2 = 1225 sets of five cards that include those three cards; the probability is 1 in 1729.6. (Keep in mind that this is based on you already having two to a royal. The probability of being dealt two to a royal and then filling it is 1 in 57,336.24, as there are 40 possible "two to a royal" deals out of 1326.)
