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by **FRK** » Apr 27th, '11, 22:48

Well almost impossible...

I shuffled a deck of mixed cards, dealt out 4 hands to play Old maid... and dealt myself A12345678910JQK....

Now whats the chances of that...

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by **TheMentalist** » Apr 27th, '11, 22:53

FRK wrote:and dealt myself A12345678910JQK....

you dealt yourself and ace ánd an 1? remarkable...

by **Lawrence** » Apr 28th, '11, 07:57

TheMentalist wrote:
FRK wrote:and dealt myself A12345678910JQK....

you dealt yourself and ace ánd an 1? remarkable...

This was going to be my point. Therefore making the chances pretty slim.

However, assuming the 1 is a typo woudl you like to actually know the chances?

by **Beardy** » Apr 28th, '11, 12:21

Lawrence wrote:
However, assuming the 1 is a typo woudl you like to actually know the chances?

But you also need to check whether they were just the cards or the order as well

by **Lawrence** » Apr 28th, '11, 13:06

Beardy wrote:
Lawrence wrote:
However, assuming the 1 is a typo woudl you like to actually know the chances?

But you also need to check whether they were just the cards or the order as well

Indeed.
And if they were all the same suit.

And... how to play old maid might help. Certainly if a hand doesn't include 13 cards. Which reduces the level of maths involved quite a bit.

by **Dominic Rougier** » Apr 28th, '11, 15:11

It would be a bit harder from a one-way forcing deck.

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