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Old 05-02-2004, 01:51 AM     Post subject: Probability question #1 (permalink)  
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 I am a little confused, I heard somewhere that the probability of getting pocket aces is one in 221. yet when i did the math of 4/52 * 3/51= i got one in 225. What am i doing wrong?
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Old 05-02-2004, 04:56 AM #2 (permalink)  
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 Aces can be dealt 6 ways as follows:
ClubDiamond
ClubHeart
ClubSpade
DiamondHeart
DiamondSpade
HeartSpade

There are 1326 possible hands. 6/1326=1/221
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 The top of the http://www.flopturnriver.com/essays_ace_in_hand.html page has more on this.
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Old 05-02-2004, 06:17 AM     Post subject: Re: Probability question #4 (permalink)  
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 By the way, I don't see where you came up with 225.

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when i did the math of 4/52 * 3/51= i got one in 225.
(4/52)*(3/51)=12/2652. Notice that this is equal to 6/1326 or 1/221.
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 Yeah, i just redid it and i got 1 in 221. Late night. Thanx for the links anyways.
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