odds question

[Ricks]

I seemed to have missed your main question.

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Ricks, assumining a 9 seat table, how does the fact that all 8 opponents were given two cards that could have been Kings impact the appropriate formula?

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If we are unaware of their cards and no one has acted, thus we make no assumptions, it has nothing to do with the formula except that we have to consider the number of cards dealt to them.

After someone has acted you can make assumptions, which certainly supports your assertion that events are no longer random. I don't disagree with this.

Edit: added "except that we have to consider the number of cards dealt to them."