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Poker Flush Probability Calculation

The document discusses the probability of being dealt a flush in straight poker. It provides the solution steps and code to calculate this probability as 0.001981 or 0.198% by dealing 5 cards from a standard 52 card deck to a player and considering all possible combinations.

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Poker Flush Probability Calculation

The document discusses the probability of being dealt a flush in straight poker. It provides the solution steps and code to calculate this probability as 0.001981 or 0.198% by dealing 5 cards from a standard 52 card deck to a player and considering all possible combinations.

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Problem 1.

September 12, 2022

Solution
In straight poker, five cards are dealt to each player from a deck of ordinary playing cards.
1. What is the probability that the a player will be dealt a flush?

[1]: from numpy import arange


from itertools import combinations

deck = arange(0, 52)


suit = arange(0,13)

hands = len(list(combinations(deck, 5)))


flush = len(list(combinations(suit, 5)))

flush = (4*flush)/hands
print("The probability of being dealt flush is: %.6f (%.3f%%)" % (flush,␣
,→flush*100))

The probability of being dealt flush is: 0.001981 (0.198%)

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