3mptyseat
Non-Gambler
- Joined
- May 22, 2010
- Location
- California de Norte
I guess I wasn't sure where to post this.
But I figured, "CM is hecka smart... and so he'd probably know... But if not, a helpful Meister math person would surely step up..."
So my question is this, playing three card poker, what are the odds of having a pair in any given hand? I know that, much like the odds in a truly random slot are static in one spin as they are in the very next, and the same as in 500 spins later, the likelihood that any event happening back to back to back, for example, can be expressed in a ratio...
What is the likely hood of one player having 5 consequtive hands with a pair? And how 'bout 6 of 7 hands with a pair?
My math for the first question is something like this I think: Dealt 1 card, on the second we have 3/51 chance of pairing and on the third card, 2 chances of 3/50. So for simplicity, 3/50 + 3/50 + 3/50 = ~9/50 or 20% chance of making a pair in 3 cards....
So I think that the likelihood of 5 consecutive hands pairing would be 1/5 x 1/5 x 1/5 x 1/5 x 1/5= .032 % chance of happening? So a lil over once in 3000 times? Is that right? I have no idea how to figure out 6 of 7, and I know the answer is static on a hand to hand basis...
Please educate this 3mpty brain...
But I figured, "CM is hecka smart... and so he'd probably know... But if not, a helpful Meister math person would surely step up..."
So my question is this, playing three card poker, what are the odds of having a pair in any given hand? I know that, much like the odds in a truly random slot are static in one spin as they are in the very next, and the same as in 500 spins later, the likelihood that any event happening back to back to back, for example, can be expressed in a ratio...
What is the likely hood of one player having 5 consequtive hands with a pair? And how 'bout 6 of 7 hands with a pair?
My math for the first question is something like this I think: Dealt 1 card, on the second we have 3/51 chance of pairing and on the third card, 2 chances of 3/50. So for simplicity, 3/50 + 3/50 + 3/50 = ~9/50 or 20% chance of making a pair in 3 cards....
So I think that the likelihood of 5 consecutive hands pairing would be 1/5 x 1/5 x 1/5 x 1/5 x 1/5= .032 % chance of happening? So a lil over once in 3000 times? Is that right? I have no idea how to figure out 6 of 7, and I know the answer is static on a hand to hand basis...
Please educate this 3mpty brain...