This week’s question is as follows: Question: How many ways are there to get a five card poker hand with two pairs? i.e. AAJJ5 This is what I get: 13C1 * 4C2 * 12C1 * 4C2 * 11C1 * 4C1 = 247104 The actual answer is 247104 / 2 = 123552 Why do you need to divide by 2? I think it has something to do with the order you pick the cards for the pairs, but that doesn’t make sense to me. To get a full house, I would just do this: i.e.... 

This week’s question is as follows: Question: I seem to get some evil crazy bad hands recently - Ace high flush on flop beaten by small full house on river, etc… THESE are the hands I remember - I don’t remember when I got lucky with hands in my favour. Is the same true for you too that you only remember the losses not the wins? Maybe this is human nature? Maybe our brains are wired this way? Answer: Definitely normal,... 

What a great poker question: Question: I know the order of the hands which beat other hands, but could someone explain to me what some common nicknames for each hand can be? Additionally, perhaps explain what the odds of something happening each hand are? Answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poker_hands Wikipedia seems to be a pretty comprehensive poker resource.  Read More →

This week’s question is a good one. Let’s have a look: Question: A poker hand consists of 5 cards dealt from an ordinary deck of 72 playing cards. (a). How many poker hands are possible? (b). How many different hands consisting of three kings and two queens are possible? (c). The hand in part(b) is an example of a full house: 3 cards of one denomination and 2 of another. How many different houses are possible? (d). Calculate... 

This week’s question is as follows: Question: I Am Looking for a List of Lowest Poker Hands As in Omaha Hi/lo. Not Just Hand Rankings, but a Complete List.? Answer: The low hands are the 5 card hands from A-8.  Read More →

A poker rules question that should definitely interest you all this week Question: Games like River, Good bad ugly, high low. Where can i get a website for the people joining to go have a look before play night? NOT EXPERT PLAYERS joining Answer: http://www.pokernews.com/poker-variants  Read More →

A poker hands question that should definitely interest you all this week Question: I need pics for a paper I am writing for school. Answer: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=poker%20hand&fr=FP-tab-web-t&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8  Read More →

What’s this week’s question? Let’s dive straight in… Question: texas holdem Answer: 1. Royal flush: A, K, Q, J, 10 in the same suit. Odds 1 in 650,000. 2. Straight flush: five cards of the same suit in order, but not royal. Odds 1 in 65,000. 3. Four of a kind: Four Aces beats, and so on down. Odds 1 in 4,000. 4. Full house: Three of kind and two of another. Highest three cards beats other full houses....