you’re playing three-card poker; that is, you’re dealt three cards in a row at random from a standard deck of 52 cards.
Now suppose that you are dealt a pair or three of a kind in the three cards. What are the odds that you had a pair on your first two cards; that is, that your first two cards were of the same denomination?
Answer:
you’re playing three-card poker; that is, you’re dealt three cards in a row at random from a standard deck of 52 cards.