In a game of Texas Hold'em, all 5 community cards are dealt, and the three remaining players simultaneously say, "Well, there's only one hand that can beat me."

How can this situation arise? Assume that the players do not lie.

Here, "one hand" means a unique combination of 2 cards, out of the (52 choose 2) = 1326 possible ones.

For those unfamiliar with the basic rules of Texas Hold'em: each player has two face down cards, and there are five face up cards on the table. Each player makes the best possible 5-card poker hand using any of the 5 community cards and his 2 private cards.

(In reply to solution maybe by Jason)

Adam thanks for pointing this out ok here it a try again.

5 Face Up: Ace of spades, Ace of clubs, Ace of diamonds, King of hearts, and lets say a queen of clubs.

player hands:

1:  King of spades, Jack of clubs
2: King of diamonds, 3 of hearts
3: King of clubs, 8 of spades

This should clear up any confusion there is now only one hand that can beat all of them

Posted by Jason on 2005-04-21 06:02:22