The rationale they were locked into was the same one that gets poker players into trouble chasing an inside straight.
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In that case, Hassan will have pulled off an inside straight.
In poker, making an inside straight requires you to catch one of 4 cards out of 48 remaining in the deck, the chances of which are about 8 percent.
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Inside, he went straight over to the roses in their refrigerated case.
It was undefeated Valero's 26th straight victory inside the scheduled distance having won his first 18 fights as a professional in the opening round.
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The victory was Johanneson's 24th from 26 fights and his sixth straight win inside the distance since he was knocked out in the first round by Russian Leva Kyrakosyan in 2004.
Calzaghe has won 45 straight victories - 32 inside the distance and admits it is a dream come true to face Jones Jr at the Madison Square Garden in New York.
Or straight edged pieces that go inside the puzzle, fake corners, no corners, and so on.
The Wales fly-half followed that up with a superb penalty from a metre inside his own half, which soared straight and true to bisect the Munster posts.
Aberdeen were looking the sharper side, being thwarted by a couple of desperate late challenges inside the box, while Aluko shot straight at Brown then Blackman fired a drive a foot over the crossbar from the edge of the penalty box.
And a maiden Test century looked a realistic possibility before he was undone by the guile of Nathan Hauritz for 72, playing inside the line of a delivery which went straight on to strike off stump.
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The Pacers have limited nine straight opponents to fewer than 100 points inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
United responded quickly through Daniel Grainger, who came similarly unstuck inside the Hibs penalty area with a shot aimed straight at McNeill.
Bryant settled the Lakers down by taking the ball inside and getting to the foul line, scoring six straight.
This opens up space to throw a straight right to your opponent's head just inside his left arm.
He came within inches of reaching his fifty with a lofted straight six - the hit off Kumble landing just inside the ropes and going for four - but calmly recorded it next ball with a single.
The McLaren drivers were told to save fuel but soon Button was challenging Hamilton and he took the lead briefly by going around the outside of Turn 12, which becomes the inside of Turn 13, the corner on to the pit straight.
Knicks guard Iman Shumpert, who first guarded Lin during lockout exhibition games and now does in practice, said his possessions play out like this: When he's close to the basket, he starts an "in-and-out" dribble with his knees bent and his arm straight forward, creating the idea he can go inside or outside and he does both.
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Such straight talk has brought Naftali Bennett much criticism from those inside and outside Israel who support the goal of a two-state solution (Israel and an independent Palestine living side-by-side).
Hibernian's creative players continued to pose problems running at the visitors, with Riordan shooting straight at Ruddy before Zemmama placed the ball wide after impressive footwork inside the box.
At this point Maria was staring straight ahead her eyes wide open, as if silver dollars were lodged inside them.
Chopra cut inside on the right and his shot was parried by Joe Murphy, but only straight into the path of former Wolves and Coventry marksman Bothroyd, who converted easily.
It was a scene "straight out of a horror film, " said Chris Ramos, who was inside the theater.
Inside, art enthusiasts mingled with timepiece lovers within the lightly colored space highlighted with dark wood tones, straight lines and minimal furnishings.
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It was almost 2-0 straight from the restart, but Frank Queudrue managed to block Bentley's side-foot effort from inside the six-yard box.
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