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Originally Posted by liladypokerpro  Isn't it true that the main percentages and odds of getting particular hands revolves around and is based on LIVE poker play, in which you see far less hands than you do in online poker? So, with that said, wouldn't you have to take into consideration the extremely increased number of hands dealt in online poker, and take the typical odds and percentages for Live play, and adjust them accordingly?
Just curious...it seems like the based odds and percentages were figured out long before online poker ever became a phenomenon, so I would think that if there are increased hands dealt, that would affect the outcome of the odds and percentages.
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No, the odds are based on probability mathematics. The more hands you see in a period of time, the more combinations you will see in that period of time, but the probability of each outcome doesn't change because you're seeing more hands.
In a sense, the probabilities could be worked out without anyone ever sitting down and playing the game. They could have been worked out before the first deck of cards was created (so long as everything was defined). The medium in which the game is played won't affect the odds.