How many have you strung together?
- Thread starter Monstermash
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9 ball 9foot 3pack
9 ball barbox 3pack
10 ball 9foot 2pack
10 ball barbox 3pack
Nothing big.
9 ball barbox 3pack
10 ball 9foot 2pack
10 ball barbox 3pack
Nothing big.
Everyone? No. That's why it's not a common thing. So, because it's rare, does that give you license to say that anyone that has done it is probably not telling the truth? You so quick to jump on that makes one wonder about your standards.
Especially if you say you did it with a closed bridge. "Now the chances of that happening, are just astronomical!"
-Sean
So, everyone's been struck by lightning, yeah?
• The odds of becoming a lightning victim in the U.S. in any one year is 1 in 700,000. The odds of being struck in your lifetime is 1 in 3,000. (Per Nat Geo)
& (wait for it)...
The odds of winning the Mega Millions is:
Odds of winning jackpot are 1 : 175,711,536.
*Subject to published rules of MEGA MILLIONS
Eric
Please include me in the non-world champion level of pool.
Koop - 3 pack once in 9 ball to never be heard from again.
Several 2 packs in 8 ball. Damn I suck.
Don't sweat it, Koop. Pool is only here so we have something to do while we are drinking beer!
The probability of a particular outcome occurring many times in a row changes a lot as the probability of it occurring once changes a little.
Example.
Someone quoted the insurance company's stated odds as 7.8 million to 1. If the probability of an outcome is .2045, the probability of that outcome occurring 10 times in a row is about .000000128, or 1 in 7.8 million.
Example.
- If the probability of an outcome is .25, the probability of that outcome occurring 10 times in a row is about .000001, or 1 in a million.
- If the probability of an outcome is .20, the probability of that outcome occurring 10 times in a row is about .0000001, or 1 in 10 million.
- If the probability of an outcome is .15, the probability of that outcome occurring 10 times in a row is about .000000006, or 1 in 170 million.
Someone quoted the insurance company's stated odds as 7.8 million to 1. If the probability of an outcome is .2045, the probability of that outcome occurring 10 times in a row is about .000000128, or 1 in 7.8 million.
TheThaiger
Banned
Yeah, but Mega Millions is worth waiting for...
I don't follow your math. Assuming average life expectancy to be around 70, wouldn't that give a 10,000 to 1 chance of being struck by lightning? (Unless it's assumed we're all struck three times over the course of our lifetimes.
)If the probability of an outcome is .20, the probability of that outcome occurring 12 times in a row is about .000000004, or 4 in a billion.:smile:
9 Ball 6 racks no combos or 9's on the snap
8 Ball 4 racks no 8's on the snap
8 Ball 4 racks no 8's on the snap
TheThaiger
Banned
What about coin toss? That's .5, so the probability of that outcome (all heads or all tails) occurring 10 times in a row is about 1 in half a million. Is that correct?
TheThaiger
Banned
Especially if you say you did it with a closed bridge. "Now the chances of that happening, are just astronomical!"
-Sean
Now, now, people that play with a closed bridge - that's girls, usually - are well capable of steering a few balls into a mammoth pocket every now and then. Snooker on the other hand...
No, 1 in 1024 (or .000977).
Well, if you ever find yourself stateside, you have action on the snooker table with me, anytime you want it. :thumbup: And although I usually use open/closed interchangeably, I promise ("cross my heart") that I will use closed exclusively in my match with you. A snooker player of your stature should be able to run over me with my girlie closed bridge.
-Sean <-- h.b. 139, much of it with closed bridge
9 Ball - 5 Pack. 1 nine on snap and 1 combo
10 Ball - 2 pack
14:1 - 50
3 Cushion - 4 points
1 pocket Challenge - (5 Racks) - 28
10 Ball - 2 pack
14:1 - 50
3 Cushion - 4 points
1 pocket Challenge - (5 Racks) - 28
No.
0.5 to the power of 10 is 0.0009765625
1 divided by 0.0009765625 is 1024
So, on average you'd need about 1024 tries to have a chance of 10 heads in a row. Much less than half a million tries, but still very unlikely.
Edit:
This assumes that coin toss is indeed 0.5 probability, but it need not be *exactly* due to human hands and subconscious mind performing the task. Real world events might not always correspond to those predicted by maths, and really sometimes they do not.
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