A tough poker hands question this week. Let’s dive straight in Question: bridge hand is made up of 13 cards. A royal flush (5 highest cards of a single suit) in poker. Answer: There are only 4 different ways to have a royal flush. There are C(52,5) different 5 card hands. 4/C(52,5) = 4/2598960 = 1/649740 = .000001539077  Read More →

This week’s question is a good one. Let’s have a look: Question: What is the Probability Getting Straight in Poker with a 52 Card Deck and a 5 Hand Where Ace is High or Low? Answer: There are 10,200 (10,240 if straight flushes are counted) possible straights, so the odds of getting a straight given a five card hand are 32359:128, or approximately 253:1.  Read More →