I am a little confused, I heard somewhere that the probability of getting pocket aces is one in 221. yet when i did the math of 4/52 * 3/51= i got one in 225. What am i doing wrong?
05-01-2004 09:51 PM
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Probability questionI am a little confused, I heard somewhere that the probability of getting pocket aces is one in 221. yet when i did the math of 4/52 * 3/51= i got one in 225. What am i doing wrong? | |
05-02-2004 12:56 AM
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Aces can be dealt 6 ways as follows: | |
05-02-2004 01:02 AM
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The top of the http://www.flopturnriver.com/essays_ace_in_hand.html page has more on this. | |
05-02-2004 02:17 AM
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Re: Probability questionBy the way, I don't see where you came up with 225. | |
05-02-2004 02:51 PM
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Yeah, i just redid it and i got 1 in 221. Late night. Thanx for the links anyways. | |