New Posts For Thread: odds help for dealing 3 named cards...https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28656231/odds-help-for-dealing-3-named-cardsif you have a normal deck of 52 cards what are the odds of predicting the value of at least ONE card THREE picks when THREE cards are dealt.i.e i say either a 2,7 or jack will come out when you turn over 3 cards.digger u make the bet before any cards are dealt.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28656231/odds-help-for-dealing-3-named-cards?post_id=512151713#512151713digger u make the bet before any cards are dealt.Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:08:15 -0500Thanks Eddie. Will remember your comment in future.Regards, The Lanterne Rouge.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28656231/odds-help-for-dealing-3-named-cards?post_id=512141329#512141329Thanks Eddie. Will remember your comment in future.Regards, The Lanterne Rouge.Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:46:54 -0500Oh dear.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28656231/odds-help-for-dealing-3-named-cards?post_id=512118273#512118273Oh dear.Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:45:32 -0500would be different answer for poker though, because you would already know two cards in your hand , and wouldnt be drawing from a deck of 52https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28656231/odds-help-for-dealing-3-named-cards?post_id=512117763#512117763would be different answer for poker though, because you would already know two cards in your hand , and wouldnt be drawing from a deck of 52Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:30:34 -0500Age 21 can you explain what you mean?I do not play cards at all and I have a feeling that there may be more to the question than appeared at first sighting.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28656231/odds-help-for-dealing-3-named-cards?post_id=512115169#512115169Age 21 can you explain what you mean?I do not play cards at all and I have a feeling that there may be more to the question than appeared at first sighting.Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:40:43 -0500so have we come to an agreement that its 55% chance to happen, its a prop bet i have been using when playing poker and people always want to back against you when u say u only want 3 cards and they have the rest for the flop, but thought maybe i hadhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28656231/odds-help-for-dealing-3-named-cards?post_id=512114997#512114997so have we come to an agreement that its 55% chance to happen, its a prop bet i have been using when playing poker and people always want to back against you when u say u only want 3 cards and they have the rest for the flop, but thought maybe i hadFri, 04 Nov 2011 04:30:25 -0500Yopu have it correct there but have complicated the calculation much more than needed. When calculating the probability of something happening it's very often easier to calculate the probability of it not happening. In this case that would just behttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28656231/odds-help-for-dealing-3-named-cards?post_id=512114569#512114569Yopu have it correct there but have complicated the calculation much more than needed. When calculating the probability of something happening it's very often easier to calculate the probability of it not happening. In this case that would just beFri, 04 Nov 2011 03:56:35 -0500I agree that there's a 55.3% chance of it happening. My somewhat laborious calculations follow. There are 12 2's, 7's, Jacks in the pack.Chance of 2, 7 or Jack coming out as first card with none of the other 11 second or third is 12/52 x 40/51 xhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28656231/odds-help-for-dealing-3-named-cards?post_id=512098313#512098313I agree that there's a 55.3% chance of it happening. My somewhat laborious calculations follow. There are 12 2's, 7's, Jacks in the pack.Chance of 2, 7 or Jack coming out as first card with none of the other 11 second or third is 12/52 x 40/51 xThu, 03 Nov 2011 17:31:57 -0500I see now that dunlaying has the correct calculation in his first post and the correct fractional odds in his 2nd post.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28656231/odds-help-for-dealing-3-named-cards?post_id=512070953#512070953I see now that dunlaying has the correct calculation in his first post and the correct fractional odds in his 2nd post.Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:19:05 -0500Ther's a 55.3 % chance of it happening so the decimal odds would be roughly 1.81https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28656231/odds-help-for-dealing-3-named-cards?post_id=512070683#512070683Ther's a 55.3 % chance of it happening so the decimal odds would be roughly 1.81Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:12:17 -0500