Re: Why does this happen in online poker?
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in a 3-handed game, the odds of all 3 players geting dealt a pocket-pair at the same time would have to be slightly smaller then the odds of one specific player
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You do not know whether it was only three handed before the flop.
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also, i think the odds for the 3 pocket-pair to flop a set might be a bit higher.
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A bit?? Your theory does not even count the odds of 3 people being dealt pocket pairs all in the same hand. However the odds of getting three of a kind are 46-1 not 9-1 this also does not include that they completed it by hitting a 2 outer by holding the pair in their hand.
I would say the odds of this event happening are Approx one in 97336 hands. (46x46x46) or 46 cubed.
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