Poker Hand Probabilities with Deck of 54 Cards (2 Jokers)

The total number of possible hands for a deck of 52 cards without Jokers (wildcards) is 2,598,960. This number is found by taking the combinations of 52 items in groups of 5, try it here:

What if there is a deck of 54 cards, as above, with two joker (or wild) cards, how many possible hands can be dealt now? Well this is simply the combinations of 54 items taken in groups of 5:
The answer is 3,162510 which means that by adding only two additional cards the combinations increases by a fantastic 563,550 or more than a half million. This is also an increase of 563550/2598960*100 = 21.7 %. To figure out how many more straights or three of a kinds there would be with two wild cards seems to be difficult, although they have been worked out for a deck of 52 cards. It is at least obvious that anyone would be rather more likely to be dealt three of a kind when two jokers are included then when none are allowed.
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