[ba-poker] Re: [BARGE] Math is hard, and sometimes harder to explain.

[Andrew Prock <prock(deleted the rest)>]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, William Chen wrote:

> Suppose in a particular game of poker for a particular
> length session, the probability of you being dealt
> four of a kind is 1/10.   Approximately what's the
> chance that you get dealt 4 of a kind twice in the
> same session?
>
> BTW, the answer is not 1/100--thee's a factor missing.
>  What's the answer and give some intuition behind it.
> What's the chance of being dealt quads thrice in the
> session?

I'll just hazzard a guess, since I'm too lazy to
actually do an work.

There's a factorial in there somewhere to make up
for the fact that you've got actually place the
quads in the timeframe somewhere.

- Andrew