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 | | Date: 6/7/96 at 10:53:44 From: Anonymous Subject: Five card stud and seven card stud We are students at a high school, and we are trying to figure out how to calculate the probability of getting two pair and three of a kind dealing with five and seven card stud. |
 | | Date: 6/7/96 at 17:15:48 From: Doctor Anthony Subject: Re: Five card stud and seven card stud I am not a card game expert, but I will describe what I think you mean, and if I am wrong, you can probably adapt the mathematics to the actual situation you have in mind. |
 | | (1) Two pairs, say, Jack, Jack, five, five, and another card The number of possible combinations of 5 cards from 52 is given by (52 C 5) = 2598960, and this will be the denominator in the probability calculations. |
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