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[Butso]

funny that after 20 pages no one has summed this up better than OP did in his first 5 words.

[kassdog]

^^^lol

[Sir P]

hmmm... could this be double flop hold'em?

[TheWorstPlayer]

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20 pages

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SETTINGS? WTF?

[PocketElevens]

All,

I am completely horrified that you have put this much thought into the solution and not once did anyone stop to ask which player had position. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
It is glaringly obvious that this is the most relevant piece of the puzzle.

Big Jim, I know the last few days you've put your blood sweat and tears into this, But sorry to say the simumlations to date have been all for naught.

[Big_Jim]

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Jim and others,

Got the solution. Man, it's so simple once you step back and think about it.

I'll explain in detail since this has flummoxed everyone for so long.

Here's the key to the solution.

mike writes "but villain does not have a Q"

So a lot of us naturally just stopped thinking about hands with a Q in them.

But you have to think outside the box.

Villian does not have a Q. He has TWO Q's.

So, with QQ he flops quad Queens against opps Kings full of Queens.

Seems so obvious when I explain it, doesn't it? It's like "OMG HOW THE F DID I NOT THINK OF THAT?"

So, thanks for the great challenge Mike, QQ for Quad Queens over Kings full. What a sick cooler!

Really hope BBV keeps the great brainteasers coming, this was really challenging and fun.

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Diablo,

I was skeptical when I first looked over your proof, as I vividly remembered something about "no pocket pairs," in the OP, which I did not double check.

Fortunately, I looked down the thread later, and found this:
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He doesn't hold a pocket pair, he holds quads.

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Which put it all in perspective!

I'm pretty sure that the simulator only did a check on the pocket cards, and didn't take them into account with the board.

This makes a lot of sense. Thanks for putting your time into this.

[Big_Jim]

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I am completely horrified that you have put this much thought into the solution and not once did anyone stop to ask which player had position.

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Honestly, I don't see how position should affect this problem. Can you explain?

[wiggs73]

Jim, we look kinda dumb now huh? The answer was right there in front of us the entire time.

[Big_Jim]

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Jim, we look kinda dumb now huh? The answer was right there in front of us the entire time.

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[El Diablo]

PE,

"I am completely horrified that you have put this much thought into the solution and not once did anyone stop to ask which player had position."

Are you retarded? How the f does position have anything to do at all with this problem? Goddammit you people are so f'in stupid.