[vpFREE] Re: Basic Odds Question (I Hope)

"laserjobs" <anthony_fleming@...> wrote:
> 52 cards in a deck and 13 of each suit. Deal 5 cards with 4 of
> the same suit leaves 47 cards left and 9 to create a flush. So
> the odds of completing the flush would be 9/47 or 19.15%.

So when drawing to a 4-flush, you'll hit a flush a bit less than 1 time out of 5. For every 5 attempts, you can expect about 1 hit and 4 misses. We express the same thing by saying 1-to-4 odds, or 1:4.

Stuart (RandomStu)
http://stuart-randomthoughts.blogspot.com/

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