pokerrookie
05-02-2005, 09:24 PM
Barely poker related, but wanted one of you math whizzes to estimate the probability of this happening:
In a golf scramble, they had a poker game going where for each par 3 you played, you got 1 card. There were 5 par 3s. If you hit your shot on the green, you got an additional card for each time this happened. In addition, you got a card for signing up to play. So in essence this is a game of 11 card stud for expert golfers. Assuming there are 40 players playing who on average get 8 cards, what are the chances that the following 3 hands should win. BTW, there were 5 decks to draw the cards from, you took one of the 52 from each deck at each par 3. Also, the goal was to make the best 5 card hand.
Anyway, here are the hands that won:
3rd - quad fives
2nd - quad Aces
1st - five Kings
...and I thought my straight would hold up...this game is more rigged than Party. Any ideas what the probablity is of this happening. Feel free to request clarification.
Thanks in advace,
pokerrookie
In a golf scramble, they had a poker game going where for each par 3 you played, you got 1 card. There were 5 par 3s. If you hit your shot on the green, you got an additional card for each time this happened. In addition, you got a card for signing up to play. So in essence this is a game of 11 card stud for expert golfers. Assuming there are 40 players playing who on average get 8 cards, what are the chances that the following 3 hands should win. BTW, there were 5 decks to draw the cards from, you took one of the 52 from each deck at each par 3. Also, the goal was to make the best 5 card hand.
Anyway, here are the hands that won:
3rd - quad fives
2nd - quad Aces
1st - five Kings
...and I thought my straight would hold up...this game is more rigged than Party. Any ideas what the probablity is of this happening. Feel free to request clarification.
Thanks in advace,
pokerrookie