Trip trips...odds on this?

[TripleH68]

The other night in a six-handed game there were four players to the flop. Flop came K J 9. Turn and river unimportant. At showdown a set of kings beat a set of jacks beat a set of nines. (Pocket K's, J's and 9's.)

Anyone care to calculate the odds of this happening?

[Lost Wages]

If 3 players are holding different pocket pairs, then the probability of all 3 flopping a set is:

(2^3)/C(46,3) = 0.053% or 1897:1 against

Lost Wages

[TripleH68]

Thanks. What are the odds that I am holding the top set? I was actually. It was surreal.

[TripleH68]

Thanks. What are the odds that I am holding the top set? I was actually. It was surreal.

[meep_42]

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-d

[TripleH68]

LOL. That was an easy one. /images/graemlins/grin.gif