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Why does a flush beat a straight?
I've always wondered about this as almost all straight draws have up to 8 outs to hit with <=4-out gutshots being the most common draw (and the 12-out triple belly buster on very rare occasions) while a flush draw has up to 9 outs to hit. Can someone clarify this for me please?
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#2
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Re: Why does a flush beat a straight?
There are more ways to make a straight than a flush.
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#3
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Re: Why does a flush beat a straight?
flushes are harder to get. so yes, there's more outs on the flop, but you don't flop a flush draw as often.
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Re: Why does a flush beat a straight?
Poker hands are ranked by their probability of being dealt using only 5 cards. How hard they are to draw to after the flop is not considered.
There are fewer flush combos than straight combos in a deck of 52 cards so the flush ranks higher. Someone Smarter than me will have to provide the exact math behind this, but I hope it answers your question. |
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Re: Why does a flush beat a straight?
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Poker hands are ranked by their probability of being dealt using only 5 cards. How hard they are to draw to after the flop is not considered. There are fewer flush combos than straight combos in a deck of 52 cards so the flush ranks higher. Someone Smarter than me will have to provide the exact math behind this, but I hope it answers your question. [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: Why does a flush beat a straight?
.... what was the point of just quoting that? I see almost all your posts are quoting someone else, adding nothing. Weird.
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Re: Why does a flush beat a straight?
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.... what was the point of just quoting that? I see almost all your posts are quoting someone else, adding nothing. Weird. [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: Why does a flush beat a straight?
For being dealt 5 cards from a 52 card deck.
There are 5108 ways to make a flush and 10200 ways to make a straight out of 2,598,960 possible hands. |
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Re: Why does a flush beat a straight?
I neglected to add an additional 40 straight-flushes which may also be dealt.
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Re: Why does a flush beat a straight?
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I neglected to add an additional 40 straight-flushes which may also be dealt. [/ QUOTE ] |
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