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Black winter day
01-26-2006, 09:27 AM
And how do you calculate it?
Is it 12/51*11/50*10/49*9/48?

donkeyradish
01-26-2006, 10:34 AM
4 Royal Flushes
36 Straight Flushes
5,108 Flushes

Divide 5148 by 2,598,960 the number of ways to deal 5 cards

(The formula you suggest looks right too)

fiskebent
01-26-2006, 10:45 AM
Yes, Black. That's the way to calculate it.