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Old 10-17-2005, 10:28 PM
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Default Re: New user: Basic Math Question

This belongs in the probability section.

That said:
there are 52 chose 2 = 26*51 = 1326 possible pairs of hole cards.
there are 4 chose 2 = 2* 3 = 6 possible pairs of a particular value
6 / 1326 = 1 / 221

Which corresponds to 1 to 220 odds.
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