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Low hand (2), minus the 6 cards that will pair either of the<br />

first 2 Flop cards (48 – 2 – 6 = 40):<br />

320 * 40 = 12,800<br />

There are 12,800 3-card Flops the WILL make a nut Low<br />

draw or better:<br />

Total Possibilities = 17,296<br />

– WILLs = 12,800<br />

WILLNOTs = 4,496<br />

Odds of Flopping Nut Low Draw or Better<br />

WILLNOTs : WILLs<br />

4,496 : 12,800<br />

Reduce<br />

4,496 / 12,800 : 12,800 / 12,800<br />

.35 : 1<br />

To express these odds as a probability:<br />

WILLs<br />

* 100 = Probability as %<br />

Total Possibilities<br />

AA23 >>> Nut Low<br />

12,800 * 100 = 74%<br />

17,296<br />

To flop a nut Low with this hand, the Flop must contain 2<br />

unpaired low cards that do not match any of the hole cards,<br />

plus a third low card that may match any of the hole cards,<br />

but may not match either of the first two cards flopped.<br />

First you need to calculate the number of 2-card combinations<br />

that will make the nut Low draw without counterfeiting<br />

any of the hole cards.<br />

175<br />

Before the Flop

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