Thread: starting hands how many please respond
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Old 08-01-2005, 04:06 PM
AaronBrown AaronBrown is offline
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Default Re: starting hands how many please respond
Yes, but that counts A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] as a different hand from J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].

For example, suppose you want to figure out the probability of getting AJ offsuit. You could say there are four different Aces, and three offsuit Jacks per Ace, for 12 different hands. That's 12/2,652.

Or you could divide both numbers by two, to get 6/1,326. You get the same probability either way. You just have to be consistent.
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