Alright, let's say that someone is bluffing, or even has a better hand than you, and bets $1. You see how much is in the pot already and add that to the amount he bet and that's what you're getting paid off ($4 in the basket game). You count how many "white" cards are in the deck and how many...
Waaaait wait a second here. So you all are saying that my friend is right?
But the probabilities say that if you flip a coin 6 times, you should get about 3 heads and 3 tails, so if you flip it 5 times and get 5 heads the 6th time should almost deffinately be a tail.
Need help! My friend thinks coin flips are 50-50!
Alright, I've been trying to convince my friend that the outcomes of a coin flip x times in a row affects the x+1'th time. If you flip a coin 4 times and they are all heads, the 5th time is more likely to be a tail because if the coin is even...