Holdem Teaser

[thetank]

A question for you tiddlypeeps out there.

Ten handed Texas hold'em
Iver is dealt As   and Tula is dealt Ah  .

The other eight hands are all drawing completely dead before the flop. No
chance of even a split.

What could these eight hands be?

WARNING - do not scroll down if you fancy having a bosch at this yourself. Bongo got the right answer straight away.

[Bongo]

As
Ah









cards   win  %win    lose   %lose     tie   %tie     EV
As   3472  1.72    3472    1.72  194432  96.55  0.500
Ah  3472  1.72    3472    1.72  194432  96.55  0.500
     0  0.00  201376  100.00       0   0.00  0.000
     0  0.00  201376  100.00       0   0.00  0.000
     0  0.00  201376  100.00       0   0.00  0.000
     0  0.00  201376  100.00       0   0.00  0.000
     0  0.00  201376  100.00       0   0.00  0.000
     0  0.00  201376  100.00       0   0.00  0.000
     0  0.00  201376  100.00       0   0.00  0.000
     0  0.00  201376  100.00       0   0.00  0.000

[thetank]

Correct, well done

Posted this on another forum, mainly populated by Americans, a couple of years ago.

It took them about 12 hours as I recall.

At 7 minutes Bongo has just pipped them.

[sharpy]

   they would be....10,10
                           10,10
                             9,9
                             9,9
                             6,6
                             6,6
                             5,5
                             5,5

   these hands cancel out all straights

[thetank]

Well done too

[sharpy]

  thanks, whilst still thinking about this
  you could also replace the pocket 6's with pocket 4's

[thetank]

or the 9's with J's. There are various ways.

If I ever try this again i'll rephrase the question to make it a littlemore difficult.

I'll include a clause that none of the hands are pocket pairs.

[Scottish Dave]

Hand 1 -   
Hand 2 -   

Hand 3 -     
Hand 4 -     

hand 5 -   
Hand 6 -   

Hand 7 -     
hand 8 -     

[Newmanseye]

OK the answer was pretty much a no brainer, But what are the Odds of it actually happening???

[thetank]

I'll put up a harder one this afternoon.

[Highstack]

Disappointed! I thought that someone had an answer to the newmanseye question and I was all ready to dispute it

[thetank]

OK the answer was pretty much a no brainer, But what are the Odds of it actually happening???

Depends who's shuffling.