Calculating Card game odds while game is in play
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:57 pm
I know there is a lot of stuff on the internet but I'm just trying to sort out the basics of computing progressive odds as players play a game of cards. I've never been very good at permutations and combinations....
How do you calculate progressive odds?
Step 1:
For example from a 52 card deck I draw 1 card.
Odds that it is an ace is 4/52
It turns out to be an Ace of Spades.
Question:
What are the odds the next card is an ace?
3/51?
What if the other play drew a card before me?
Odds the next card is an ace--Would that be odds of pulling an ace 3/50 minus the odds that the other player took the ace before my turn? 3/50 - 3/51 ?
How do you calculate progressive odds?
Step 1:
For example from a 52 card deck I draw 1 card.
Odds that it is an ace is 4/52
It turns out to be an Ace of Spades.
Question:
What are the odds the next card is an ace?
3/51?
What if the other play drew a card before me?
Odds the next card is an ace--Would that be odds of pulling an ace 3/50 minus the odds that the other player took the ace before my turn? 3/50 - 3/51 ?