Subj : Re: cards
To   : comp.programming
From : Omri Barel
Date : Wed Oct 05 2005 01:54 pm

bob@coolgroups.com wrote:
> why does it look to you like order matters?
> 

In the loops solution (seven nested loops), the last variable never 
takes the first value. Translating to cards, it means that you're 
assuming that the last card on the table can never be the ace of spades.

This assumption would change the probabilities considerably (and is 
definitely wrong for a game of poker).

So if you want a call/fold/raise winning probabilities after each card, 
you can't just go through all possible 7-card sets, you have to look at 
the order of the cards in each set as well.

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