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- From: jensen@unlinfo.unl.edu (michael jensen)
- Subject: Figuring odds
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- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 19:24:20 GMT
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- If I have eight people playing poker, and want to play seven-card
- stud, if I use two decks am I dramatically changing the odds of
- standard poker hands? Straight flushes would be slightly less likely (since
- there's a chance of card duplication in any hand), I would guess....
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- Is this a standard statistical puzzle that has stock answers? If so,
- I'd appreciate hearing it.
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- I'm going to be in this position in a week, and would enjoy showing
- the answers to the assembled septet.
-
- Thanks--
- Michael Jensen
- jensen@unlinfo.unl.edu
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