B Another Probability Freak

[Hornbein]

https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/two-7-yarboroughs-in-one-session/

On July 14th 2025 a bridge player in a 24-hand session was dealt two 13 card hands in which the seven was the highest card. It is calculated that the chance is about one in 250 million.

 

[sbrothy]

I admit I'm not into bridge but the comments to the OP you linked to makes it look pretty confusing. At least for someone like me who don't really get the game...

EDIT: I mean they don't seem to agree...

EDIT2: Oh, overlooked this one:

"
I got 1 in 234,484,904.

I think we can all agree that it's approximately 1 in 234 million. Do we really need to worry about being more precise?
"

Pretty wild, I'll admit.

 

[sbrothy]

There's a "Go and Mathematics" article on Wikipedia which also "sports" some pretty wild numbers.