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Originally Posted by Dazzler  There are 52*51 combinations of starting hands = 2,652 hands - divided by 2 as 6c7h is the same as 7h6c = 1,326 unique hands
1326 * 1326 = 1,758,276:1 |
Well, in this case it's only 1326:1, since he didn't care what the first hand was, only that it was repeated on the second hand. If he had wanted two black 9's on two hands, then the math is accurate.
Also, this is presuming a completely randomized deck on the second deal, which (with theoretically perfect shuffles each hand) only happens after 7 shuffles of the deck. I've found that most people lose patience after 2-3 shuffles.
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