LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Fun Probability problem Thread: Fun Probability problem View Single Post #20 02-22-2007, 09:05 AM armourall Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 56 Not that familiar with Hold 'em, so I'll sit this hand out. Just to finish up on Monty, here is what I consider to be the correct rundown of the probabilities: (My previous "flawed" argument conveniently excluded possibilities #4 and #6.) The player originally picked the car. The door with goat 1 is revealed. The remaining door has goat 2. (1/6)The player originally picked the car. The door with goat 2 is revealed. The remaining door has goat 1. (1/6)The player originally picked goat 1. The door with goat 2 is revealed. The remaining door has the car. (2/6)The player originally picked goat 1. The door with the car is revealed. The remaining door has goat 2. (0/6) (Rules don’t allow this option, so probability of #3 outcome is doubled.)The player originally picked goat 2. The door with goat 1 is revealed. The remaining door has the car. (2/6)The player originally picked goat 2. The door with the car is revealed. The remaining door has goat 1. (0/6) (Rules don’t allow this option, so probability of #5 outcome is doubled.) armourall View Public Profile Send a private message to armourall Find all posts by armourall