Question

III.9. Poker. Deal a five-card poker hand from a shuffled deck. The probabilities of several types of hand are approximately as follows:

Hand: Worthless One pair
Probability: 0.50 0.42
Hand: Two pairs Better hands
Probability: 0.05 ?
  1. (a) What must be the probability of getting a hand better than two pairs? (Hint: See page 429.)

  2. (b) What is the expected number of hands a player is dealt before the first hand better than one pair appears? Explain how you would use simulation to answer this question, then simulate just two repetitions. (Hint: See page 472.)