flush vs straight

igimc

Does anyone know the odds of hitting a flush compared

to hitting a str8.

Years ago we usrd to play poker in the pub,games like brag

poker,stud and a game called toad and we always had a str8

beating a flush.

It just seems to me that its easier to hit a flush,i'm probably

wrong though.

We also had a str8 A-5 as the top str8 beating even 10-A,that

seems really weird now having played hold-em for so long,did

anyone else do this?

thx

RedHouse

The odds post flop are better for hitting the flush draw but the rank of hands is determined by how many possibilities for each hand exist in a 52-card deck.

There are 5,108 possible flushes, and 10,200 possible straights. A flush is harder to get, and that’s why it ranks higher.

list showing each hand, and the number of possibilities:

Royal Flush: 4
Other Straight Flush: 36
Four of a Kind: 624
Full House: 3,744
Flush: 5,108
Straight: 10,200
Three of a Kind: 54,912
Two Pair: 123,552
One Pair: 1,098,240
Nothing: 1,302,540

I nicked the figures from another site so they could be wrong but the principles right

The_Don90

im not sure about a number of games your talking about but i know in brag a flush is beaten by a straight. As brag is a 3 card game id imagine that changes odds tho

igimc

In Response to Re: flush vs straight:

The odds post flop are better for hitting the flush draw but the rank of hands is determined by how many possibilities for each hand exist in a 52-card deck. There are 5,108 possible flushes, and 10,200 possible straights. A flush is harder to get, and that’s why it ranks higher. list showing each hand, and the number of possibilities: Royal Flush: 4 Other Straight Flush: 36 Four of a Kind: 624 Full House: 3,744 Flush: 5,108 Straight: 10,200 Three of a Kind: 54,912 Two Pair: 123,552 One Pair: 1,098,240 Nothing: 1,302,540 I nicked the figures from another site so they could be wrong but the principles right
Posted by RedHouse

ok cheers redhouse,that clears it up a bit.