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Most probable hand in a 7-card poker game?

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
card stud poker
Jonathan S asked:


What’s the most probable kind of 5-card hand in a 7-card poker game, like stud or hold’em? (no pair, one pair, two pair, 3-of-a-kind, etc.) What’s the 2nd most probable?

Extra credit (whatever that means) if you give the actual probabilities. (Calculations aren’t necessary, so don’t hurt yourself.)
Remember, it’s a 7-card hand (that is, best 5-card hand out of 7 cards), so the probablilities are different than a normal 5-card hand.

Kevin