Interesting No Limit Question

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If he does have JdXd, then there are 7 diamonds left in the deck with 45 cards unseen, for a 1-in-6.42 (or roughly 1:5) chance that he will hit his flush. Thus, the odds that he both has JdXd and hits his flush are 86:1 against.


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Since you assume that the guy behind you has two diamonds,
and the guy in front of you has two diamonds, and you have
A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]J [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], then there are 42 unknown cards left in
the deck when you take into consideration the four cards on
board, not 45.