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3. Odds in Texas Hold’em<br />

172 + 2 + 3 = 177 possible 2-card combinations that WILL<br />

make a Set, Boat or Quads:<br />

Total Possibilities = 1,081<br />

– WILLs = 177<br />

WILLNOTs = 904<br />

Odds of a Set, Boat or Quads<br />

with 2 Pair and 2 Cards to Come<br />

WILLNOTs : WILLs<br />

904 : 177<br />

Reduce<br />

904 / 177 : 177 / 177<br />

5.1 : 1<br />

Set >>> Full Boat or Better with 2 Cards to Come<br />

Of 47 possible cards to come, 1 will make Quads to the Set<br />

and any of 6 will pair either of the 2 remaining cards to make<br />

a Full House. Thus any of 7 cards will improve the Set to a<br />

Boat or better and 40 will not:<br />

7 * 40 = 280<br />

280 possible 2-card combinations one of which WILL make<br />

a Boat or Quads.<br />

(7 * 6) = 21<br />

(1 * 2)<br />

21 2-card combinations will contain 2 Boat or better cards.<br />

Also among the unseen cards there are 66 possible Pairs that<br />

will make a Full House to the Set.<br />

112

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