holdem poker brainteaser problem- see if you can get it!

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Here is the set up. You are in a nine player game. You are to play a 7-2 off suit. Show us how you can take the whole pot every time with the following set up.&#xD;&#xA;  You give each of the other 8 players in the game any hand you want. At least 1 of their cards must be higher than a 7. You also  pick out any flop  you want but you can only give yourself a duece . The last 2 cards will be turned over at random. Show us what you would do that would make you the winner( no splits) every time ! I will give the answer Tuesday.

professorkopak · Answer

Here is the set up. You are in a nine player game. You are to play a 7-2 off suit. Show us how you can take the whole pot every time with the following set up.&#xD;&#xA;  You give each of the other 8 players in the game any hand you want. At least 1 of their cards must be higher than a 7. You also  pick out any flop  you want but you can only give yourself a duece . The last 2 cards will be turned over at random. Show us what you would do that would make you the winner( no splits) every time ! I will give the answer Tuesday.

professorkopak · Answer

One last bit of info. There can only be 1 pair or less on the board. However; any card can pair any of  your 8 opponents holdcards.

Stake24 · Answer

you make a flush with the 7 in your hand

usakangy · Answer

Since you must deal 16 cards to the other 8 players. Those 16 cards must be made of 4 quads. You can choose any 4 sets of quads (other than deuces and sevens since you have one of each) but they MUST be dealt in such a way that no player has either a pair or a suited hand. For example, let's deal everyone all the aces, kings, queens and jacks (We will make them think they all have the best hand, so they can go all in)

Players cards might look like this
(AsKh, AdQh, AcJs, KcQd, KdJc, QsJh, AhQc, KsJd)

Doing this eliminates the possibility of the last two random cards matching one (or more) hole cards of one (or more) of the other players - i.e. there are no pairs, trips or quads. If you eliminate trips, you eliminate the full house as well.

The flop will go something like 2-3-4 offsuited (since you are allowed to give yourself a deuce here).

This does two things: 1) eliminates the possibility of a high end straight draw by the other players (no A-K-Q-J-T or K-Q-J-T-9 or Q-J-T-9-8), and 2) eliminates the possibility of a flush draw, since the other players will never have more than two cards of the same suit after the flop.

Now flip over any two remaining cards at random.

Three possibilities will happen.

1) If the cards come up 5-6, everyone has a straight, but your 7-high straight is higher, than everyone else's 6-high straight. Result...

2) If the cards come up paired, there are four scenarios...

   a) If they come up dueces, you get quads...
   b) If they come up sevens, you get a boat...
   c) If they match one of the other two cards on the flop, you get a boat...
   d) If they do not match one of the other two cards on the flop, you get at most two pair to everyone else's pair.

In any situation, result...

3) If the cards come up unpaired (suited or not), other than 5-6, you always have at least a pair (trips if one is a deuce) and everyone else's crap hand, A-high, K-high, etc. Result...

You still leave yourself the possibility of a full boat, quad deuces or even a straight or flush draw.

How's that for a solution??? Did I understand it correctly to get it right???

usakangy · Answer

NEVER MIND... I didn&#x27;t take this into consideration.... it&#x27;s always this last bit of information that screws up a good solution

professorkopak · Answer

Answer&#xD;&#xA;  I did not read the comments yet but here is the answer. I was supposed to also say, everybody at the table would be dealt a hand that most would  either call or raise.&#xD;&#xA;         You give 4 hands an ace jack off suit&#xD;&#xA;         You give the other 4 hands king queen off suit&#xD;&#xA;They now can not pair their hold cards. At this point only flushes or straights are available.&#xD;&#xA;    You now are allowed to flop any 3 cards but only one 2 and no 7&#x27;s. There are only 3 cards you can flop to guarantee you will get the whole pot. You flop the 2 -6- 10 off suit. Straights and flushes can not be hit. Remember the last 2 cards come up at random. If you used  a 3 ,4 or 5 on your flop along with the 2  four of your opponents can still hit a wheel . You would lose the whole pot. If you flopped an 8 or 9 with the 10 , they can still hit a jack high straight. &#xD;&#xA; With 2 cards to turn a 2 - 7 is guaranteed to take the whole pot!!

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