Odds

[Newportlad]

At the Grosvenor Cardiff casino tonight, i was lucky enough to get Pocket Aces two hands in a row.
Out of curiosity, can someone please tell me the odds on that happening?

For the record, the first hand lost to one caller J 10 spades who hit a straight.
2nd hand managed to hold up vs 4 callers.

Ended up the night going out on the bubble (10th)

[Karabiner]

Roughly 220/1 x 220/1 which is errrr.........48,400/1

 

[AdamM]

what are the odds of getting 9,2 off twice on the trot? that seems to happen alot

[Karabiner]

Evens ?

 

[tikay]

I had back to back Aces THREE times. 2002, 2003, 2004. Still got 6 months to hit the four timer.

[TightEnd]

I had back to back Aces THREE times. 2002, 2003, 2004. Still got 6 months to hit the four timer.

and you still win **** all.


Sorry....

[tikay]

What about that 5 rebuy in Hull in 2002?

Taling of Hull, did you know that, certainly until 20 or 30 years ago, Hull had the largest Railway Station in Britain, measured by platform space? This was to accomodate the loading of locally caught fish, which was then delivered all over the UK. And Hull City used to have their own little Railway Station, believe it or not.

[AdamM]

how cool are you ? 

[tikay]

Very, it seems.

And I would add - no, PLEASE DONT GO - that my first trip to Hull to play a comp was a sort of mistake. I had been told "they have a lot of fish up there", and I jumped to the wrong conclusion.

[TightEnd]

What about that 5 rebuy in Hull in 2002?

Taling of Hull, did you know that, certainly until 20 or 30 years ago, Hull had the largest Railway Station in Britain, measured by platform space? This was to accomodate the loading of locally caught fish, which was then delivered all over the UK. And Hull City used to have their own little Railway Station, believe it or not.

Oh lordy. By the way did you know that Derby County at their old Baseball ground had their own train station (Baseball Ground Halt) too.

As a lad my uncle would pick me up and take me on the train, rattle in hand and scarf wrapped tightly round my little neck, to see the team in action back in the days of Dave Mackay, Franny Lee, Kevin Hector etc. He stood me on an orange box on the popular side and I swayed with the crowd as Derby county swept to the league championship before queueing back at the Halt for a train back to my Mum's, toasted crumpets and Dr Who,Jon Pertwee style, hiding behind the sofa.

 

[AdamM]

I'm welling up

[TightEnd]

At the Grosvenor Cardiff casino tonight, i was lucky enough to get Pocket Aces two hands in a row.
Out of curiosity, can someone please tell me the odds on that happening?

For the record, the first hand lost to one caller J 10 spades who hit a straight.
2nd hand managed to hold up vs 4 callers.

Ended up the night going out on the bubble (10th)

By the way the thought has occurred to me that on the first hand of the WSOP main event, lets assume 7000 runners, 32 pairs of aces (220-1 shot) will be dealt on average and 3 or 4 (88% chance of winning heads up) of those will get cracked assuming they have whittled the pot down to heads up.

A sobering thought.

[AdamM]

although the added presure of it being the first hand of the WSOP final event means most people NOT holding AA will pass to straong raises so theose 3 / 4 cracks probably wont happen

[Karabiner]

Which would suggest that at least one player will be dealt KK versus AA on the very first hand.

Please don't let it be me !!



As a matter of fact,

I happen to know someone, who is a regular at Nottingham who was dealt KK versus AA

In the very first hand of the WSOP main event.

[Scottish Dave]

Which would suggest that at least one player will be dealt KK versus AA on the very first hand.

Please don't let it be me !!



As a matter of fact,

I happen to know someone, who is a regular at Nottingham who was dealt KK versus AA

In the very first hand of the WSOP main event.

did he crack the AA, did he crack to the pressure of the first hand and lay down to al All-in etc!