SOLUTION: A flush is a poker hand defined as five cards of the same suit. Assume that a standard deck of 52 playing cards is used . How many ways are there to be dealt a flush.

Question 1111966: A flush is a poker hand defined as five cards of the same suit. Assume that a standard deck of 52 playing cards is used . How many ways are there to be dealt a flush.
Answer by math_helper(2461) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

13C5 flush hands * 4 possible suits = 5148 flush hands.
This number includes ordinary straight flushes (36) and royal flushes (4), so for pure-flush hands that aren't categorized as straight flushes or royal flushes, there are ways it can be dealt.

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