How many numbers of possible live card hands (hands in five-card poker) drawn without replacement from a standard deck of 52 playing cards?
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I will assume you are looking at one hand only.
Quite simple, you are simply looking at a selection any 5 of the 52 cards
C(52,5) = 2,598,960 or
52!/(5!47!) = 52*51*50*49*48/5!
Next question: suppose 4 players are playing, how many possible hands are there ?
(most calculators have a nCr function)