What I wrote was, “On average, you will hit a royal flush once in every 40,000 hands.” The word “average” means a whole bunch of sets of 40,000 hands. What gives?įirstly, I never wrote that you could expect one royal flush after playing 40,000 hands (or one cycle). You keep saying that a royal flush occurs once in every 40,000 hands yet I still haven’t gotten a royal.
Q: I’ve been playing video poker several times a week for over a year. Here’s a sample of questions and my responses. That’s not too surprising since the royal flush is the premier hand that all video poker players dream (and hope) of getting. I get many questions about a royal flush in video poker.
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