This is the second of a two-part article on using a combinations calculator to answer questions about poker probabilities — questions that go beyond just counting outs.
By the way, a commenter on last week's article pointed out something that I had not known — you actually don't need either a spreadsheet or to find a combination-calculator website, because Google understands combinatorial commands. In the Google search box, just type in "47 choose 2," and the result is 1,081 — the number of different ways you can pick 2 cards from a group of 47.
In Part One, I laid out the three basic steps to tackling all problems of this general variety:
- Step 1.