My point is that it's NEVER OK to address people in a condescending and/or derogatory manner.

Nevertheless, I answered the question.

I'm not calling OP a dick or an *******. I'm saying I don't like how he's addressing the folks he's requesting information from. I'm also pointing out the question is poorly formed (assumptions must be made to provide an answer) and the information is relatively useless.

You don't know me. I don't know OP.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/combinator...mutations.html

hahaha, awesome reply

Except that he has written quite a few books.

I'm still waiting to hit a royal flush in cash games (I had a few playing zynga ages ago, but you usually get to see the river with play money games, so your chances of getting the royal increas) let alone flopped one.
Tony G was lucky enough to flop a royal on TV. Unfortunately for him, he didn't get paid off. Not really surprising though, as the turn was the 9 of the same suit! Crippled deck, or what?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjKpWrT8X7g
Worth watching just to hear Juanda say "I had twips!"

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this was right before the FT....kinda sick cuz the guy rivered a full boat and called my shove

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Well, the ass is a great place to find random numbers, imo. Personally, I would expect very few 13 year olds with 95 IQs to figure this out even AFTER they recently studied the material. My 10-year old nephew would not be able to do this in 3 years sadly. I would say 90% of adult Americans (thank you for the percentage, ass) couldn't even do it if asked to on the spot.

You didn't get my point. The OP committed two errors. Firstly he assumed that that his question could only be answered by math experts (because he obviously made no effort to learn the simple probability, that even 95 IQs are capable of learning, that ansewrs his question). Secondly instead of asking for the help of math "experts" he chose instead to use the insulting word "geeks", most likely as a defense mechanism to keep him from feeling inferior to those whose thinking ability is greatly above his.

This wasn't the first time some mathematically illiterate poster has asked math geek's for help with a super easy problem. It just happened to be the straw that broke the camel's back for me.

Realizing that you multiply 20/52 x 4/51 x 3/50 x 2/49 x 1/48 is within the capababilities of the majority of thirteen year olds who have been taught the general principles. On the other hand your estimate that ten percent of adults could do this on the spot is WAY too high.

+1, can't wait to get one

50/50, they're either both diamonds, or they're not.

He most likely didn't mean to be offensive. He was most likely just seeking mathematical assistance.

I agree. Plus, if someone called me a math geek, I'd take it as a compliment.

It is posssible I am living in the past where the label meant you don't get the girl. The sweaters in recent no limit holdem I have been playing in suggest that things may finally have changed.

It may be within their capabilities, but I would not expect them to be able to answer the question asked as it was stated in the OP. If they were given the exact same problem for homework before being tested, maybe. We'll probably never know for sure since most parents would probably yell at their teachers for teaching their 7th/8th graders poker calculations. This is because Mom and Dad (or maybe just Mom?) would struggle with the calculations themselves as their kids asked for help with homework. Also when people have 95 IQs, math is often not a major priority for them. You're lucky that they are capable of spelling correctly.

Since I got a 27 on the ACT in math in the 7th grade, I would have faith in myself. But kids that will later be expected to make below a 17 in math on the ACT as a senior in HS, I have little faith.

Strange how everything in life comes down to how many girls you can get.

I don't find it strange at all. If a male were not able to attract a female, life would not be at all.

I have an IQ of 94, which means I can neither comprehend basic probability theory, nor understand that a person could possibly do these calculations without being a math geek.

I find you narrow-minded and your post insulting.

95 is oddly a more evenly rounded number.

He just said that 95 IQs could do it, not that 94 IQs couldn't do it.

How am I supposed to understand that?

The same way Bruce did. By reading it.

Some great trolling is this thread, imo. And I was definitely much harder on 95 IQ kids than David ever was. Then again, I don't think I have met someone with a ~95 IQ who has admitted it, most people with that IQ never get formally tested in the first place.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: $1.73 (VPIP: 78.57, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)
CO: $4.48 (VPIP: 66.67, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 33.33, Hands: 3)
Hero (BTN): $7.67
SB: $5.00 (VPIP: 17.46, PFR: 17.46, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 130)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has J Q

CO calls $0.05, Hero raises to $0.22, fold, fold, CO calls $0.17

Flop: ($0.51, 2 players) T A K
CO bets $0.25, Hero calls $0.25

Turn: ($1.01, 2 players) A
CO checks, Hero bets $0.96, CO calls $0.96

River: ($2.93, 2 players) 7
CO checks, Hero bets $2.80, CO raises to $3.05 and is all-in, Hero calls $0.25



Flopped it

Flopped a royal on Bovada last night (got action on river thankfully as the board ran out a straight, so villian thought we were chopping), my first flopped royal and 3rd overall (hit another on Bodog 4 years ago with QcTc on turn and I've also hit a one-card one on FTP with AdXx.