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#32
09-27-2007, 01:07 PM
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Re: Doomswitch? Part 6 Last one!
The number of distinct decks in flop and draw poker games is actually 52!/4!. I'm not quite sure how to figure it for stud games; it's somewhat greater, but from a practical perspective still not 52!.
Do you see why? 
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#33
09-27-2007, 03:15 PM
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Re: Doomswitch? Part 6 Last one!
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The number of distinct decks in flop and draw poker games is actually 52!/4!. I'm not quite sure how to figure it for stud games; it's somewhat greater, but from a practical perspective still not 52!. Do you see why? [/ QUOTE ] For flop and stud games the precise sequence of the burn cards is immaterial to the "deck" in play, but that still doesn't jibe with your figure, and I have no idea why it would be so for draw games. Given a fixed number of players, the number of necessary "decks" is reduced because each player will receive N cards on the first deal, and the N! possible combinations of those cards in each hand play identically. Oh, are we playing with a bug?
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#34
09-27-2007, 04:14 PM
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Re: Doomswitch? Part 6 Last one!
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SuitedBaby > PhD physicists [/ QUOTE ] Ahh, no. I would have probably been squarely in one of the "more sand" groups if I hadn't read about it. Just thought it was funny how somebody who actually has a clue about these things looks at it a bit differently than the rest of us. Patty
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