Posted Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:40 pm GMT by kristopher9876
hi guys, especially maths wizzs.
I'm trying to develop my own strategy, something I can call my own and stick with. so, a few questions.
How many different starting hands are there? like all poker hands, not just playable ones.
And how do I calculate how many different hands I would play if...lets say I only played pairs, two picture cards, or suited connectors.
If someone could give an example of how to calculate that kind of thing it would be great, as I’d love to be able to work that stuff out myself and work out an optimal % of hands played for a particular style of play.
Thanks everyone
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Posted Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:19 pm GMT by Sid Lambert
Well, technically there are 52*51 (2652) starting hands, but only 169 'really different' starting hands, for example, Jack Ten Suited accounts for 4 different hands. I got the number 169 by just sitting down and tallying them up and thinking about it, no real tricks. To figure out how many hands you would play given your parameters below, just walk your way through it...for example, there are 13 pocket pairs (but 13*6=78 unique ways to get them), 12 suited connectors, (but 12*4=48 unique ways to make them) and so on.
hth
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