Re: Knowing the Odds
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I think you meant 4 to 1 for the flush draw [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Nope. While it would seem that it's 4:1, since there are a few cards of that suit on the board already, your chances of hitting are less than 25%.
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It's 4:1 to hit it on one card, which is often mistaken for 5:1. This is why (spolier: basic math lesson follows):
4:1 means that out of every 5 times, you will miss 4 times and hit 1 time. The ratio of the the number of times you miss to the number of times you hit is 4 to 1. The fractional value is 1/5, which is indeed less than 25%. Hope you learned something here today, class. See you on Tuesday.
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