Quote Originally Posted by Demiparadigm
How to calculate odds:
To flop a flush with 2 suited cards we have to get 3 of our suit in 3 consecutive cards, so this time we must use the product of the probabilities of our suit coming on each card.
(9/50)*(8/49)*(7/48) = .0043 0.43% or 232.6:1
Just wanted to post a quick correction here, since I made the same mistake in another thread. There are actually 11 (then 10 then 9) flush cards.
11/50*10/49*9/48 = .0085 = 0.85% = 116.6:1