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He can see his own cards.
Alternatively, he could have counted cards, and these were the last ones.
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Re: Poker
« Reply #1 on: Jan 14th, 2006, 4:39pm » |
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There's a lot of money on the table because
they've played their way through most of the deck, and Jack has a good memory so he knows what's left.
That's my guess.
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Re: Poker
« Reply #2 on: Feb 4th, 2006, 6:26pm » |
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They're playing hold-ems and he's got the nuts?
I don't like the way the question is worded, who is "he"?
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Re: Poker
« Reply #3 on: Feb 7th, 2006, 11:55am » |
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on Dec 19th, 2005, 10:45am, alien wrote:
Yes, he has royal flush.  |
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Only if they are playing standard poker.
If wild cards are involved, 5 of a kind beats a straight flush (even a "royal straight flush")
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Re: Poker
« Reply #4 on: Feb 7th, 2006, 3:21pm » |
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on Feb 7th, 2006, 11:55am, otter wrote:
Only if they are playing standard poker.
If wild cards are involved, 5 of a kind beats a straight flush (even a "royal straight flush") |
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But like Keypad says, if they're playing hold'em there's lots of possibilities for a player to either be certain that he will win, or else be certain that he will at least split the pot (which is still a gain if he splits the pot with one other player and some of the other players have also put money in).
EG if a straight flush is possible on a given set of community cards, the player may have the best possible one;
if a straight flush is NOT possible, the player may have the only possible (or the best possible) 4 of a kind,
if neither is possible, he may have the best possible ffull house)
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Re: Poker
« Reply #5 on: Feb 8th, 2006, 5:23am » |
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on Feb 7th, 2006, 3:21pm, Padzok wrote:
But like Keypad says, if they're playing hold'em there's lots of possibilities for a player to either be certain that he will win, or else be certain that he will at least split the pot (which is still a gain if he splits the pot with one other player and some of the other players have also put money in).
EG if a straight flush is possible on a given set of community cards, the player may have the best possible one;
if a straight flush is NOT possible, the player may have the only possible (or the best possible) 4 of a kind,
if neither is possible, he may have the best possible ffull house) |
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Standard poker just means no wild cards are involved. Hold'em is a form of standard poker and I agree that in Hold'em there are a number of ways to know one has the winning hand, IF the flop is in your favor. For example, you're holding an ace - ten and the king, queen and jack show up in the flop. Or holding the ace for the "nut" flush.
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Re: Poker
« Reply #6 on: Mar 8th, 2006, 11:43am » |
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on Feb 8th, 2006, 5:23am, otter wrote:
For example, you're holding an ace - ten and the king, queen and jack show up in the flop. |
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You have the best hand, but you haven't won just yet, without seeing the last 2 cards..
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