Andrew Christiansen

Brandy Maestas
Kelly Taylor
Yuvia Hernandez

Game: 5 card Stud

Two Pair

To find the probability of getting a two pair in a hand of cards you calculate
(13C2)(4C2)(4C2)(11C1)(4C1) = 123,552 possible hands.

To calculate the total possible number of hands you calculate (52C5) = 2,598,960.

To find the probability of getting a two pair we divide the possible number of two pair hands by
the total possible hands. So 123,552/2,598,960 = 0.047539. This means there is a 4.8% of
drawing a hand with two pairs in it.

Full House → (three cards showing the same number plus a pair)

If ordered 5-card hand with the three-of-a-kind first, we have

- 13 cards per suit, so 13C1 choices for the number showing on the first three cards.
- Choice of suits, we have three out of four possible suits or 4C3 = 4 possibilities.

Remaining pair, we have 12C1 choices for the number showing on the two cards.
- For the choice of suits, we have two out of four possible suits or 4C2 = 6 possibilities.
➢ Full Houses = (13C1)(4C3)(12C1)(4C2) = 13·4·12·6 = 3744
➢ Number of possible 5-card hands is 52C5 = 2,598,960

Dividing by the number of possible hands gives the probability:

P(full house) = 3744 / 2,598,960 = 0.0014405762 = 0.144%

Four of a Kind

The total number of possible hands you can draw can be found by calculating 52 nCr 5 =
2,598,960 hands.

To get the total number of four of a kinds you could draw you calculate (13 ranks nCr 1 rank)*(4
suits nCr 4 suits)*(12 cards nCr 1 rank)*(4 suits nCr 1 suit) = 624 hands.
➢ 52C5 = 2,598,960 hands
➢ (13C1)(12C1)(4C1)=624 hands

The possibility of drawing four of a kind is found with 624/2,598,960 = 0.00024 or 0.024%

Straight Flush
There are 10 straight flushes per suit and 4 suits, giving 40 possible straight flushes. {A-2–3–4–5
… 10-J-Q-K-A}

To get this probability, we count the number of possible straight flushes, and then divide by the
number of all possible 5-card hands.
➢ 52-5=47
➢ The total number of five card hands is 52C5 = 52! / (47! 5!) = 2,598,960
➢ The probability of getting dealt a straight flush in five cards is
40 / 2,598,960 = 1 / 64,974 = 1.5391E-05 or 0.0015391%

Each player is dealt 5 cards highest hand wins.

The rank of hands from lowest to highest is:

1. high card
2. pair
3. 4-straight
4. 4-flush
5. two pair
6. three of a kind
7. straight
8. flush
9. full house
10. four of a kind
11. straight flush