The quick and dirty answer is if you can see both sides of the straight then
there are two gaps ie: 5 89. The reason a one gap hold has a better chance
is you can draw a cards on both sides. ie: 5 78 has the possibility of
drawing 46, or 69 to make a straight.
HTH
JT
In a message dated 3/30/2006 12:13:26 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
mellow808guy@yahoo.com writes:
Aloha,
I play Double Bonus Poker, and I'm having a hard time understanding
gaps (which are referenced in VP Strategy Master in several
instances when there are three cards to a straight flush).
First, I'm having a hard time discerning between one and two gaps.
In the following scenarios, when is there one gap and when are there
two gaps?
579 suited
578 suited
589 suited
Second, I'm having a hard time understanding why there is a
statistical difference between one and two gaps.
Aren't the odds of receiving the two cards needed to get a straight
exactly the same whether there are one or two gaps?
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