Poker games involve seeing what combinations you can get when you are dealt five cards. well, as the Duchess said to the colonel.

Likely that your longest suit will have five cards! Here are the figures for theĬhances of how long your longest suit will be: If you've got 13 cards, at least one suit MUST contain four cards. 5-5-2-1 : 3.2% (as shown in the picture)Īnother way to think about distribution to consider how many cardsĪre there likely to be in your longest suit.(This is described as 4-3-3-3) However you might be surprised! Here's theĭistribution list starting with the most likely. The most likely distribution is to have 3 suits with 3 cards each and one suit withĤ cards. It's handy to know how many cards you're likely to get in the same suit. Here are a few more chances that we didn't have room for in the book.įor a lot of games where you are dealt 13 cards (such as Bridge and Whist)

If you have four players receiving 13 cards each, these are the chances involved: If you are dealt 13 cards, your chances of getting the following hands are: In bridge you are dealt 13 cards, in poker you usually only work with five cards. The chances of getting freak hands of playing cards in games such as bridge and poker. 'Do You Feel Lucky?' calculates and explains If you like BIG numbers then you'll love this! The Murderous Maths Book DO YOU FEEL LUCKY? : Chances of different card hands The chances of different hands of playing cards

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