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Old 05-16-2007, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by DaFish View Post
If we flop a flush draw in Hold'em, we know 9 cards of the remaining 47 cards will help us on the turn. In draw poker, if we flop a flush draw, we know that any 9 of 48 cards will help us. I think it's possible that we get the same card back in draw poker, which we just dumped. So the odds are not the same. The odds of FLOPPING either a straight or flush should be same, but that's not where the game ends, and that was poker111's original question.
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Hi, Ive been playing poker for about 2 years now and have always wondered why flushs were ranked higher than straights
That is what I responded to. However, what do you mean about remaining 47/48 cards. Where do you account fo the other card?

Hold'em: At flop you know 5 of the cards.
5 card Draw: Aftrer first deal, you know 5 of the cards.

Both cases there are 47 unknown cards left after you see the first 5.
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