CincinnatiKid_FinalHand

so, the odds for a straight flush in classic poker are 1:14000 and for a full house 1:650. Combined are smaller of course, but this doesn't mean that it hasnt happened or will not happen again. look in utube, search for "royal flush vs quad aces" and you'll see a same REAL hand in world poker series 2008!

@sotirisp16 OK.....so I looked it up. From Anthony Holden's book Big Deal. the odds against any full house losing to any straight flush, in a two-handed game, are 45,102,781 to 1," with Holden continuing that the odds against the particular final hand in the movie are astronomical (as both hands include 10s). Holden states that the chances of both such hands appearing in one deal are "a laughable" 332,220,508,619 to 1 (more than 332 billion to 1 against)

@sotirisp16 continued: and goes on: "If these two played 50 hands of stud an hour, eight hours a day, five days a week, the situation would arise about once every 443 years." I found it on Wiki....so it may not be correct.....I believe what you are referring to in the WPS 2008 did occur but is Texas Style poker where the players share cards. The five card stud reffered to here in the movie is where the astronomical odds come from...still a great movie though.

@Paulmancieri67 I agree the last hand played here seems impossible, but the director wanted to give a vivid picture of the bad beat of the kids great hand! Remember that back in the 60's few people were familiar with poker! As for the hand I was talikng about (in the 2008 WPS), did happen, although the chances were 1 in 2.500.000!! If smthng is improbable, doesnt mean it cant happen. Also the kid's betting in the last hand was suicidal! Reraising after a check/raise-reraise? Never!!

@sotirisp16 I was saying that since the WSOP happened in Texas Style poker then the odds of it happening are(and it did) much more possible. 2.5 mill to 1 in Texas and 332 billion to 1 in stud is a huge difference. I could be wrong because I am only pointing out what Holden said in his book. When I originally saw this I just thought the hand a bit over the top, Jewison had portrayed the game so realistically till then........but good point about the Kid making a bad bet.

can somebody pls tell me the rules of this game....

@ZGMatara Google 5 Card Stud

And forget the poker rules miscues, etc. What I want to know is how an apparently broke Shooter managed to hold on to such an obvious gold digger/whore like Ann-Margret??? Guess his nose wasn't all that was big...

@mulehead126

Look into her stunning eyes at 1:03. Sure she's a bitch but damn, she looks magnificent.