Posted in Poker December 29th, 2010
How many 5-card poker hands can be dealt from a standard 52-card deck?
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Posted by YK December 29th, 2010 at 8:29 am
Since order of the 5 cards in a hand doesn’t matter, you use combination…
52 C 5 = 2598960
hope this helps…
Posted by lordofthefigs_exe December 29th, 2010 at 8:49 am
The answer would be 10 hands, with 2 left in the deck. Some people would make this seem overcomplicated, but the problem is simple.