[benfranklin]

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actually, if you're implying that more straits would complete than flushes, as the true "odds" come into play, i think that is opposite of what would happen.

9 cards to complete flush draw, 8 to complete strait draw.

perhaps a bit nitpicky, but thought in the interest of accuracy, this bore pointing out.

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You are saying something completely different. You are saying that given a straight or flush draw on the flop, the odds of hitting the flush draw on the turn/river are better than the odds of completing an open ended straight on the turn/river. This says nothing about the relative odds of flopping a 4-flush vs. flopping an OESD. It also says nothing about the likelihood of a player seeing the flop with 2 to a flush vs. 2 to a straight.

The previous poster is correct that starting from zero and dealing random hands to the river, you will get more straights than flushes.