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odds of opponent holding pocket Aces given you holdpocket Kings
I saw this question on a WPT broadcast.
(In hold em) In a 6-handed game what are the odds of an opponent holding pocket Aces given you have pocket kings? I Think they said the answer was about 44 to 1. Could someone explain how to figure the odds. I've tried it several ways I thought were correct but have come up with answers between 33 to 1 and 40 to 1 and have concluded I don't know how to solve this problem and/or I don't remember the answer given on the broadcast. |
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Re: odds of opponent holding pocket Aces given you holdpocket Kings
This problem cannot be solved. Many have tried, all have failed.
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Re: odds of opponent holding pocket Aces given you holdpocket Kings
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This problem cannot be solved. Many have tried, all have failed. [/ QUOTE ] Doesn't some math society or other have a $100,000 prize for solving this problem? OP could make some money if he does manage to crack it. |
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Re: odds of opponent holding pocket Aces given you holdpocket Kings
for 100,000 I'll work on this a little longer.
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Re: odds of opponent holding pocket Aces given you holdpocket Kings
The probability of someone being dealt AA is 1/220. It is 1/220 regardless of what you have (maybe slightly less given that 2 cards are known that are not A's)
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Re: odds of opponent holding pocket Aces given you holdpocket Kings
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The probability of someone being dealt AA is 1/220. It is 1/220 regardless of what you have (maybe slightly less given that 2 cards are known that are not A's) [/ QUOTE ] When you hold KK, the probability of a particular opponent having AA increases to 6/C(50,2) = 6/1225 =~ 1/204. |
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Re: odds of opponent holding pocket Aces given you holdpocket Kings
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[ QUOTE ] The probability of someone being dealt AA is 1/220. It is 1/220 regardless of what you have (maybe slightly less given that 2 cards are known that are not A's) [/ QUOTE ] When you hold KK, the probability of a particular opponent having AA increases to 6/C(50,2) = 6/1225 =~ 1/204. [/ QUOTE ] i meant slightly more. whoops |
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Re: odds of opponent holding pocket Aces given you holdpocket Kings
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] The probability of someone being dealt AA is 1/220. It is 1/220 regardless of what you have (maybe slightly less given that 2 cards are known that are not A's) [/ QUOTE ] When you hold KK, the probability of a particular opponent having AA increases to 6/C(50,2) = 6/1225 =~ 1/204. [/ QUOTE ] i meant slightly more. whoops [/ QUOTE ] BTW, the probability of being dealt AA is 1/221, not 1/220. The odds are 220-1. |
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Re: odds of opponent holding pocket Aces given you holdpocket Kings
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I saw this question on a WPT broadcast. (In hold em) In a 6-handed game what are the odds of an opponent holding pocket Aces given you have pocket kings? I Think they said the answer was about 44 to 1. Could someone explain how to figure the odds. I've tried it several ways I thought were correct but have come up with answers between 33 to 1 and 40 to 1 and have concluded I don't know how to solve this problem and/or I don't remember the answer given on the broadcast. [/ QUOTE ] I was going to thank LetYouDown for fielding some of these so I don't always have to, but he let me down this time. See this post, among many others. |
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Re: odds of opponent holding pocket Aces given you holdpocket Kings
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I was going to thank LetYouDown for fielding some of these so I don't always have to, but he let me down this time. [/ QUOTE ] Hey! I hit the wall with the 300th question asking this =). I was also in the process of moving across the country for the past few weeks...so cut me some slack [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]. |
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