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Why does a flush beat a straight?
The probability of dealing five cards and making a flush is .0019807 and the probability of dealing five cards and making a straight of .000085367.
If you have four to a flush then you have 9 outs. If you have four to a open ended staight then you have 8 outs, gut shot straight then you only have 4 outs. So why does a flush beat a straight? |
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Re: Why does a flush beat a straight?
You have 7 cards in poker hands usually. So with 7 cards, a straight is more likely than a flush.
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Re: Why does a flush beat a straight?
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Re: Why does a flush beat a straight?
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The probability of dealing five cards and making a flush is .0019807 and the probability of dealing five cards and making a straight of .000085367. [/ QUOTE ] This can't be right. Without doing any actual math, the odds of making a straight with just 5 cards must be higher than this. The probability given here is less than 1 in 10,000, which would mean you'd flop a straight like once every 300 hours of live play. |
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Re: Why does a flush beat a straight?
In order from lowest hand to highest (hi-card, 1 pair, 2 pair, 3 kind, straight, flush, full house, four kind, to straight flush).
23294460 - hi card 58627800 - pair 31433400 - 2 pair 6461620 - 3 of a kind 6180020 - Straight 4047644 - Flush 3473184 - Full House 224848 - 4 of a kind 41584 - Straight Flush As you see straights are more frequent than flushes. That's not even including the fact that if you have both a straight and a flush, but not a straight flush, its counted as a flush hand. E.g. (Ts 9s 8s 7s 6h 2s 3d) - is a flush, Ten high. ----Dirty_&_Litigious---- |
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