On 5 Jan 2008, at 13:45, Sander Land wrote: >> 9 12.09% 11.20% 35.41% 12.11% 6.10% 23.09% >> 10 11.29% 11.22% 11.30% 33.56% 11.31% 21.32% >> J 11.29% 11.22% 11.30% 33.56% 11.31% 21.32% >> Q 11.29% 11.22% 11.30% 33.56% 11.31% 21.32% >> K 11.29% 11.22% 11.30% 33.56% 11.31% 21.32% > > Those last four lines are identical. Are you calculating the > probabilities and not simulating, or do you just output the last run > four times? I'm calculating (based on every permutation of remaining cards) rather than simulating. Hence I only do one run. I guess I could have duplicated the last four lines and saved a few CPU cycles but it runs reasonably fast anyway so I didn't bother. > > Here are my results, 2 decks and 1_000_000 deals each. > I'm guessing that you used a simulation approach instead. It's interesting, and reassuring, that we got the same results. /dh