Clarify math on WPT broadcast

[Godfather80]

what are the odds of 4 of a kind coming on the board by the river? I get 1/10,315 roughly. WPT says 1/50,000+. Help. Please show the math.

[memphis57]

I get one in 4165. It says on the board, there are 5 cards on the board, for a total of 2,598,960 possible combinations (52!-47!)/5!

Of these, 624 are 4OAK - 1 each * 13 ranks * 48 other cards.

Maybe on TV they meant of any given rank. The odds of 4 aces, for example, is 2598960/48 or 54,145 to 1.

[Godfather80]

thanks Memphis, you're exactly right.

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