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djk123
11-17-2005, 10:59 PM
If in a 5 handed game 5 different pocket pairs were dealt, would this be the way to go about calculating the odds of no one flopping a set?

( nCr(10,0) * nCr(32,2) )/ ( nCr(42,3) )

which comes out to equal : 4.3206%

BruceZ
11-17-2005, 11:39 PM
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If in a 5 handed game 5 different pocket pairs were dealt, would this be the way to go about calculating the odds of no one flopping a set?

( nCr(10,0) * nCr(32,2) )/ ( nCr(42,3) )

which comes out to equal : 4.3206%

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C(32,3) / C(42,3) =~ 42.3%

djk123
11-17-2005, 11:48 PM
o crap, i do not know why i did (32,2). thanks, stupid error on my part.