Great flush

[Alpha30]

How many hands do I need to play to get a straight flush?

[Dynasty]

One.

[Piiop]

ha

[Homer]

You fully well know that's not what the poster is asking. Let me rephrase for him:

"At what frequency should I expect to make a straight flush?"

-- Homer

[CrackerZack]

It may not be what he's asking, but its a correct answer. I've had one in my life and it was online, with 15K+ hands online and 2 years worth live, don't expect them often. Of course I've never had rolled up Aces in stud and that's only 1-425 so you may never get one.

[Homer]

It may not be what he's asking, but its a correct answer.

Of course the poster knows that it's possible to get a straight flush in one hand. Dynasty knows that is not what the poster was trying to ask. Instead of providing the answer that the poster is interested in, he decided to provide an answer that served no purpose other than to ridicule the poster.

Now watch as 25 posters respond to ridicule me for having the nerve to question the response and to praise Dynasty for providing such insight.

-- Homer

[slavic]

(52 5)

so 52*51*50*49*48/5! (2598960 Possible poker hands)

4 ways to make a royal.

So aproximatly 650K hands.

[slavic]

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Now watch as 25 posters respond to ridicule me for having the nerve to question the response and to praise Dynasty for providing such insight.


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The depth of Dynasty's insight while profound seems shallow.

Take that Duff drinker.

[Homer]

Number of hands = C (52,5) = (52*51*50*49*48)/(5*4*3*2*1) = 2598960

Number of straight flushes = 4 (Number of suits) * 10 (Straight flushes per suit) = 40

Frequency of straight flush = 40/2598960 = 1/64974

** Note that this assumes you play every hand from start to finish. Since you will not be doing this, you will, on average, make a straight flush even less than 1/64974 hands.

-- Homer

[slavic]

oops, I read it as a royal question.

[Copernicus]

Uhhhh...none of the above. The answer depends on what game you are playing.

[slavic]

Of course your right.

[MaxPower]

In seven cards you are 3589:1 to make a straight flush and 30940:1 to make a Royal Flush.

[Homer]

You're right...there are multiple answers to this question, which depend on what game you are playing.

-- Homer

[MaxPower]

That's true if you are playing 5-card stud, but if you are playing holdem or 7-card stud it is much more likely.

[Homer]

Uhhhh...none of the above. The answer depends on what game you are playing.

Uhhhh, yeah, you're right, there are multiple answers to the question.

-- Homer

[CCass]

I have had 1 straight flush, and have seen 1 other in less than 2K hands online in the past month, but have only had 1 in a live game in my 15+ years of playing.

[slavic]

I was on a table Monday night (B&M) that had two straight flushes and two quads in around 4 hours of play. I had non of them.

Randomness is grand.

[Copernicus]

and on the 7th day (after realizing the rake on draw poker wasnt enough to pay the dealers, much less the cocktail waitresses) god created Omaha.

[MaxPower]

In about 5 years of serious poker, I've had 3 Royal Flushes and numerous straight flushes. I must be a better player than you /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[ramjam]

Yep, in Omaha you get 60 hands a deal (6 two-card combos from your hand times 10 three-card combos from the board) - taking you down to approx one straight flush per 1000 deals.

[worm33]

1 is all it takes.

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[sweetjazz]

The odds for getting rolled up aces in 7 stud are 1 in 5525 (= 4/52 * 3/51 * 2/50 = 1/13 * 1/17 * 1/25). So it's no shame not to have gotten them, though maybe you have played 5000+ hands and so are "due" to get them one of these days. /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Also, with regard to straight flushes, you should expect to make them significantly less than your opponents. That is because you will fold draws to straight flushes when you're not getting good enough odds, while your opponents will play a lot more hands (including bad draws to straight flushes). In the long run, they will pay you off very dearly in order to get paid off for their one great hand.