Questions tagged [probability]
deals with computing probabilities for many commonly occurring events in the game of poker
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What are the odds of having 2 Quads in the same hand?
Just watched a video that went as follows:
Player 1 (Button): Q♥Q♠
Player 2: 9♥9⋄
Player 3: 2♣2♠
Flop: Q⋄9♠Q♣
Turn: 5♠
River: 9&...
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Straight draw in heads up?
With a stack of 3000, 50/100 blinds, I was holding:
2 4 (not suited)
I'm big blind in a heads up game. Opponent matches the big blind, so I end up playing a hand I'd never play otherwise.
Flop:...
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What are the actual odds of being dealt pocket Aces?
I have been looking at the way people calculate the odds of poker hands for a few hours and i think there is a HUGE flaw. In poker a player is never dealt two CONSECUTIVE cards. This in my view ...
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Probability Of Getting A Straight Flush Or Royal Flush When Holding QJs
Given that you are dealt the J♥ and Q♥, what is the probability that you will eventually make a straight flush or royal flush?
Having these cards in your hand means that:
1). the only ...
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Equity calculation
Flop = T♥ 7♥ 6♥
Player 1 = 4♠ 3♥
Player 2 = 5♥ 2♠
Whats the equity of Player 1 on this flop ?
Equity calculators give it 43.54% (18.5% for tie and ...
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High Card only count
How many 5 card poker hands only have a high card, i.e no pair, straight, flush, e.t.c? A breakdown of high cards would also be appreciated.
I do know what is special about 23457 off-suited - any ...
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Probability of flopping straight flush
Assume you're given 2 cards of the same suit, and the next three cards (flop) are also the same suit as your hole cards. What is the probability of that happening?
So I figured out that 2 cards have ...
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What are the chances of losing with a King high Straight Flush?
Also: is the probability so small that this has never happened?
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Are both a straight and a full-house possible on the same flop? [closed]
I have been playing poker on pokerstar.net, and for several occasions, there have been a straight flush and a full house on the same flop/game, I just think that this is an impossibility. Just what ...
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Probability of x pocket pairs at a table of n people (NLHE)?
With n people at a table, what is the probability that x of them are dealt pocket pairs? There are several easy ways to approximate this but I was wondering there was an elegant solution. Any takers?
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What are the odds of flopping a straight flush with 62s?
I've been wondering what the odds are of flopping a straight flush with 62s.
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Chances of 5 way chop (flush board)
What is the exact probability that 5 players at a table will be dealt no clubs (or hearts or whatever) ?
Happened to me when all 5 community were all clubs (2,3,5,K,9), thereby a 5 way chop.
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Formula for making a single pair on the flop
I'm trying to get the probability of pairing only one hole card on the flop. According to this calculator,
http://www.texasholdem-poker.com/calculator?card1=8&card2=13&chance_format=...
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Systematic all-in
This is a theoretical question, following what I have seen in some low blinds cash games. You generally cannot buy-in more than 100BB.
Say at some point, you reached 10,000 BB. All you adversaries ...
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Pocket pair starting hands vs. probability of opponent having a pocket pair
According to Wikipedia, the probability of being dealt any pocket pair as the starting hand is ~6% (78/1326=0.0588), but yet the probability of facing another player holding a larger pair when holding ...
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Starting hands probability
The following is a passage from Wikipedia on starting hands probability:
The 1,326 starting hands can be reduced for purposes of determining the probability of starting hands for Hold 'em—since ...
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