Combin(52,5) = 2,598,960 ways to draw five cards from a 52 card deck.
There are 5 kinds of 4-to-the-royal (A missing, K missing, Q missing,
J missing, T missing) and 4 suits and 47 kinds of non-rf kickers
(including the dealt straight flush): 5x4x47 = 940. 2,598,960/940
gives a cycle time of about 2,765 hands. There are 4 suits of dealt
straight flush, so excluding it: 2,598,960/936 gives a cycle time of
about 2,777 hands. Cycle time is the average time, the chances of
going five cycles without a hit is about a half of a percent.
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> Howdy
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> I play about 800 hands per hour on Jacks Or Better. If I ate my
Wheaties and played an infinite amount of time, how long would it
take to draw four to a royal in hands and/or hour units.
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> Grumpy
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1/2777 hands @800 hph=3.47 hrs.
i think this is correct per http://videopokerhelp.net/index.html
TD
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