Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
The above method of calculation, plus clear thinking and a
The above method of calculation, plus clear thinking and a knowledge of elementary arithmetic, determines the occurrence frequency of different five-card Poker hands.
There are 2,598,960 possible Poker hands in a 52-card pack. This is
There are 2,598,960 possible Poker hands in a 52-card pack. This is the number of groups of five into which 52 different cards can be arranged, and is equal to the product of 52 x 51 x 50 x 49 x 48 = 311,875,200 divided by the product of 5x4x3x2x1= 120, producing a final total of 2,598,960. A simplified method of calculation is to set up the permutations and arrangements as fractions and cancel them out: