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Interesting Poker Facts

Interesting Poker Facts 

Part #1
(excerpt from Card Player, Vol 19 #13C)

  • Age of youngest player to win the World Series of Poker main event:    24
     

  • Age of oldest player to win a World Series of Poker bracelet:               80
     

  • Dollar amount of first place finish from the 2005 WSOP main event:      $7.500,000
     

  • Combined dollar amount of the first place finishes from the 1991-1999 World Series main events:     $9,000,000
     

  • Estimated dollar amount for 2006:      $10,000,000
     

  • Odds of being dealt a pocket pair:     16 to 1
     

  • Odds of flopping a set after being dealt a pocket pair:     8.3 to 1
     

  • Odds and percentage of flopping four of a kind after being dealt a pocket pair:     407 to 1, 0.25%
     

  • Odds and percentage of flopping a full house with a pocket pair:      136 to 1, 0.74%
     

  • Odds and percentage of flopping four of a kind after being dealt unpaired hole cards:     9799 to 1, 0.01%
     

  • Percentage or "rake" taken from World Series of Poker total prize pool by Harrah's Entertainment:     10%
     

  • The "rake":     $5,281,861
     

  • Number of months Nick Dandalos and Johnny Moss played heads up during the unofficial inaugural World Series of Poker:     5
     

  • Total dollar amount won by Moss:     $2,000,000
     

  • Total number of possible poker hands in a 52-card deck:     2,598,960
     

  • Total number of possible royal flush hands in a a 52-card deck:     4
     

  • Odds of making a royal flush:     649,740 to 1
     

  • Odds given to Phil Ivey at BetUS to win the 2006 World Series of Poker:     150 to 1

 

See also: Interesting Poker Facts 2 and Poker Facts 3

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