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oldmangrimis 08-06-2007 10:37 PM

Prop bet and a math ?
 
the Q,7,2 prop bet is when you bet that a Q or 7 or 2 will come out on the flop any one of those card and any three cards for that matter. i her this is a good prop bet but want to know if any of you math wiz could help me out of the odds. is it better then 50% and would you be able to le me knoe if it what it is.

I know the Avg winning 2 card in hold'em is Q7 but what is ine ave 5 card hands

thanks math wiz out there

blah_blah 08-06-2007 11:02 PM

Re: Prop bet and a math ?
 
the chances of none of those cards coming on the flop is 126/221 ~ 0.57

borisp 08-07-2007 01:28 AM

Re: Prop bet and a math ?
 
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the chances of none of those cards coming on the flop is 126/221 ~ 0.57

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ummm...40/52*39/51*38/50 ~ .447 = chance that none of three given cards in the deck show up on the flop.

So 1-.447 = .553 = chance that at least one will show up.

blah_blah 08-07-2007 02:51 PM

Re: Prop bet and a math ?
 
that is exactly how I computed it!

apparently I suck at using a calculator.


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