Question

A five-card poker hand is dealt at random from a standard 52-card deck. Note the total number of possible hands is C(52,5)=2,598,960.

Required:
Find the probabilities of the following scenario:

What is the probability that the hand is any straight flush?

Answer 1

0.00001539077169

Explanation:

The probability of being dealt a straight flush is 0.00001539077169. On average, a straight flush is dealt one time in every 64,974 deals.