sherman said:
doug, you are a crazy dude....
I disagree with that ! This site isn't math heavy, since it's now OK to mention other sites without direct links, I'll do that.
At sites like sharpsportsbetting and fezziksplace, guys get really heavy into math, guys like Dreamer and daringly ( who crosses over here). Dreamer is really a math guy.
If Sherman thinks I'm a math geek, he's wrong ! I'm a hack ! I try to convert the word problem ( Royal flush in 5 cards) to an equation but was off by a factor of 120, by not allowing for the 120 possible combinations, I figured out the error. I was on the right thought process.
Guys at these sites will pull up mathematical symbols from their keyboards that I can't even find on mine !
They write programs, run simulations, test theories, have databases.
They go too far, IMO. Sherman doesn't go far enough. I know what I know, and try from that point. I'd like to enhance what I do know.
I try to solve these things, my logic was correct in this problem, but it yielded a result that didn't account for the fact that the order of the cards didn't matter.
Not too bad considering I was tracked right and only thought about it for about 1 minute before posting my math ( without checking it first), then I realised what was wrong quickly.
I'm only a HS graduate !