Re: What are the odds?

Phil Freedenberg wrote: 
There are ten different straight flushes for each suit,
or 40 alltogether.

The number of different ways you can be dealt 5 cards is
52 * 51 * 50 * 49 * 48/(1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5)

The probability of drawing a straight flush
is the ratio = 40/(52 * 51 * 5 * 49 * 4) =
1/(26 * 51 * 49) = 1.53 E -5 approx



1 in 64,974 and IIRC the OP said the casino pays off 10,000:1.
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