The other day at the Santa Fe, I was dealt a royal, without a draw. Later I tried
to figure out what the odds of that happening are.
Not being particularly good at mathematics I came up with it being a 1 in
358,259 chance. This sounds preposterous, so will one of you math experts
tell me what are the actual odds of getting a royal on the first five cards are.
Thanks.
Math help, please
"The other day at the Santa Fe, I was dealt a royal, without a draw.
Later I tried to figure out what the odds of that happening are.Not
being particularly good at mathematics I came up with it being a 1 in
358,259 chance. This sounds preposterous, so will one of you math
experts tell me what are the actual odds of getting a royal on the
first five cards are. Thanks."
This one - even I can figure out. Assuming a 52-card deck: the odds
of any RF on the flop is 1 in 649,740 and the odds of a specific RF
on the flop is 1 in 2,598,960. Note, there are 2,598,960
[(52*51*50*49*48)/5!] ways to make the initial 5-card hand.
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jerrygree wrote:
The other day at the Santa Fe, I was dealt a royal, without a draw. Later I tried
to figure out what the odds of that happening are.
Not being particularly good at mathematics I came up with it being a 1 in
358,259 chance. This sounds preposterous, so will one of you math experts
tell me what are the actual odds of getting a royal on the first five cards are.
Thanks.
There are 2,598,960 possible in a 52 card deck, 4 of which are Royals, so the answer is 649,740 to one.
Cheers.
Bill Velek