Poker dice
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Dice
A die is a small throwable object with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers...
which, instead of having number pips, have representations of playing card
Playing card
A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic, marked with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card games...
s upon them. Poker
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
dice have six sides, one each of an Ace
Ace
An ace is a playing card. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the Ace of Spades...
, King
King (playing card)
The king is a playing card with a picture of a king on it. The usual rank of a king is as if it were a 13; that is, above the queen. In some games, the king is the highest-ranked card; in others, the ace is higher...
, Queen
Queen (playing card)
The Queen is a playing card with a picture of a queen on it. The usual rank of a queen is as if it were 12 ....
, Jack
Jack (playing card)
A Jack, also Knave, is a playing card with a picture of a man on it. The usual rank of a jack, within its suit, is as if it were an 11 ....
, ten and nine, and are used to form a poker hand.
The classic poker dice game is played with 5 dice and two or more players. Each player has a total of 3 rolls and the ability to hold dice in between rolls. After the three rolls the best hand wins. Neither a "flush" nor a "straight flush" is a possible hand, due to the lack of suits
Suit (cards)
In playing cards, a suit is one of several categories into which the cards of a deck are divided. Most often, each card bears one of several symbols showing to which suit it belongs; the suit may alternatively or in addition be indicated by the color printed on the card...
on the dice. (Each variety of poker dice varies slightly in regards to suits, though the ace of spades
Ace of Spades
At least in English-speaking countries, the ace of spades is traditionally seen as the highest card in the deck of playing cards, although the actual value of the card varies from game to game...
is almost universally represented. 9♣ and 10♦ are frequently found, while face cards are traditionally represented not by suit but instead by color: green, red and blue. Manufacturers have not standardized the colors of the face sides.)
Marlboro once marketed a set of octahedral poker dice that included suits; each die had slightly different numberings, ranging from 7 up to ace.
Probabilities
The poker dice hand rankings and the corresponding probabilitiesProbability
Probability is ordinarily used to describe an attitude of mind towards some proposition of whose truth we arenot certain. The proposition of interest is usually of the form "Will a specific event occur?" The attitude of mind is of the form "How certain are we that the event will occur?" The...
of rolling that hand are as follows (not sorted by probability but from highest to lowest ranking):
| Hand | Exact probability | Percentage | 1 in ... |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five of a kind | 6 / 7776 | 0.08% | 1296 |
| Four of a kind | 150 / 7776 | 1.93% | 51.8 |
| Full house | 300 / 7776 | 3.86% | 25.9 |
| Straight | 240 / 7776 | 3.09% | 32.4 |
| Three of a kind | 1200 / 7776 | 15.43% | 6.5 |
| Two pair | 1800 / 7776 | 23.15% | 4.3 |
| One pair | 3600 / 7776 | 46.30% | 2.2 |
| Bust (High card, no pair) | 480 / 7776 | 6.17% | 16.2 |