Chance of being dealt three of a kind
Question
Five cards are dealt from a well-shuffled -card deck. What is the probability that the hand is exactly three of a kind, meaning three cards share one rank and the other two cards have two further, different ranks?
Short answer
. Choose the triple's rank and suits (), the two other ranks () and a suit for each (). That gives hands out of .
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