>Mike,
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>As the player though knowing what's left allows you to make better decisions on whether or not to take another card. Use this boundary condition if it helps, you have 10 so far, no aces have been played yet and there are 6 cards left to deal. your odds on getting an ace are 2/3 instead of the 1/13 that it was on the deal of the first card.
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>>I still don't see how this is possible. Even in an extreme case.
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>>Alright, say we've seen almost every card in the deck and we know that the following cards are still in whats to be dealt:
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>>2club
>>4heart
>>8heart
>>9club
>>Kspade
>>Adiamonds
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>>If its you and the dealer in the game, the fact that you know whats left in the deck still has no bearing on how the cards are arranged within the deck and how they will fall when dealt.

<bg> Only in an I.T. forum could a simple announcement that a conference is to be held in Las Vegas end up with arguments over probabilities and end up with messages containing terms such as "boundary conditions". I think that it is great !