If your description is correct, the original hand was JQKA suited. Let's say
the fifth card made the original hand a straight or a flush or high pair. In
this case there are 24 cards which result in a no pay hand.
So, the probability of hitting all 50 no pay hands is: 24/47 ^ 50 = one in
four hundred trillion.
If the fifth card did not make a straight or a flush or high pair, there are
23 cards resulting in no pay. So,
23/47 ^ 50 = one in three quadrillion.
If the original hand contained both an Ace and Ten, and was also a straight
or a flush or had a high pair, there are 27 cards which result in a no pay.
So, 27/47 ^ 50 = one in a trillion.
If the original hand (with A + T) was not a straight or a flush and had no
high pair, there are 26 cards resulting in no pay. So, 26/47 ^ 50 = one in
seven trillion.
In any case, though it makes a good story, I don't believe it really
happened. I'm guessing you didn't actually see it yourself. It's less likely than
being dealt a Royal on consecutive hands! Show me a picture and I'll believe
it.
Brian
ยทยทยท
========================================
In a message dated 10/21/2007 6:01:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
npf15251@yahoo.com writes:
There is a flip side to that kind of good fortune. A woman on a $1 50-
play Jacks machine was dealt four to the royal. She gasped, held the
four cards, and then hit "DRAW". How many royals would it be?
None.
Lots of flushes?
Zero.
Straights?
Nope.
And, yes, it gets worse - not even jacks or better.
Every one of the 50 cards drawn was 2-9 in the wrong suit.
Total Payout: Zero.
Not sure of the odds of all of that, but it's probably as unlikely as
that five-card royal redraw. The game is kind to some but very unkind
to others. So congrats on being on the "right" side of skill, luck
and timing.
************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]