| Title: | Psychic Phenomena |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing |
| Moderator: | JARETH::PAINTER |
| Created: | Wed Jan 22 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 27 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Here's an interesting coincidence that happened last night...perhaps
someone could figure the odds against it happening.
My friend and I play two-handed pinochle. In this game, all cards
below the nine are cast out of the deck, and there are two of each
suit/card. Aces score 11 points, tens 10, kings 4, queens 3, jack
2, and 0 for nines. There are 250 possible points per hand (10 points
are awarded for taking the last trick).
Here's the fun part:
FIRST HAND Me: 82 Her: 168
SECOND HAND Me: 82 Her: 168
THIRD HAND Me: 82 Her: 168
FOURTH HAND Me:105 Her: 145
What are the odds of us getting identical scores three hands in
a row? The final score was:
Me: 0791 Her: 1079
Her running totals were: 368 (=17=8), 566 (=17=8), 764 (=17=8),
and 1079 (=17=8)
Neat, eh?
Perry
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 986.1 | If you play long enough... | SEINE::RAINVILLE | Trace this call, where am I? | Sun Feb 12 1989 01:10 | 12 |
If you play enough games, some odd coincidences occur. We played
Pinochleevery week for months with a few other couple in an old
farmhouse. One night we had 5 people & took turns sitting out
games, getting the coffee, etc. During one of these hands the
bidding was intense and competitive, I walked around and looked
at all the hands. Every hand had all one color except for one
off-color card. Every hand was one card short of a run. Every
card each player needed was in another hand, not their partners'
hand either. The kitty had all nines. Partners were bidding
against each other, and all the hands were worthless. The people
who took the bid were set back.....MWR
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