rabin wrote:Not sure how many of you play poker, but was wondering what is a worse "beat"--having AA and losing to runner runner straight, or going 13 on 3 to take a country and not breaking it?
Well, having AA and losing to runner runner straight is no different than having say 9T, hitting a pair of tens and losing to 34 to runner runner two pair.
Runner runner is considered a out, so therefore, from the flop, there is a 2% chance of hitting runner runner, generally. If one of the outs hits on the turn and makes more outs, then its about a 3.5-4% chance of hitting the runner runner.
13 men against 3 however...
This takes several cases:
1. You start with 13 men, and roll 3 dice till you reach 3 men, and 1 die for 2 men.
2. He rolls 2 dice until he comes to 1 man.
3. You roll until he is absolete or you are down to 1 man.
4. The defender wins ties.
I am not sure what the exact odds for this is, I will create a java program to try this really quick. I'll update you. I'm bored at work, got nothing better to do.