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Chance of a full house in five cards

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Five cards are dealt from a well-shuffled standard 5252-card deck. What is the probability that they form a full house, i.e. three cards of one rank plus two cards of another rank?

Short answer

6/41656/4165 (about 0.144%0.144\%). Choose the rank and suits of the triple, 13(43)13\binom43, then the rank and suits of the pair, 12(42)12\binom42, giving 37443744 hands out of (525)=2,598,960\binom{52}{5}=2{,}598{,}960.

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