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Any Ace<br />

There are 4 * 48 = 192 2-card combinations that WILL make<br />

a hand that includes Ax:<br />

Total Possibilities = 1,326<br />

– WILLs = 192<br />

WILLNOTs = 1,134<br />

WILLNOTs (1,134) : WILLs (192)<br />

1,134 : 192<br />

Reduce<br />

1,134 / 192 : 192 / 192<br />

5.9 : 1<br />

The probability of any Ace in the hole is<br />

WILLs<br />

* 100 = Probability as %<br />

Total Possibilities<br />

192<br />

1,326<br />

* 100 = 14.5%<br />

On average you will be dealt an Ace once in every 6.9 hands<br />

or roughly 15% of the time.<br />

Rags<br />

Rags are all the hands not mentioned above. Rags are the<br />

hands that are left over after all the good hands have been<br />

taken out. Rags are usually not playable except in special situations<br />

or for free from the blind.<br />

With a given caveat that some small number of hands might<br />

be duplicated, i.e., suited connectors and 2 Big Cards, we will<br />

65<br />

Starting Hands

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