The “hole”(or “starting hand”) of a Texas hold'em game consists of drawing at random two cards of a standard deck of 52, (ordering irrele- vant).1

a) How many distinct hands can you have in the ìholeîíof a Texas holdíem game? b) What is the chance of you drawing the ace and the king of spades?

c) What is the chance you will draw an ace and a king of the same suit?

d) What is the chance that you will draw two cards of spades?

e) What is the chance that you will draw two cards of the same suit?

f) What are the chances that you will draw either an ace and a king of the same suit or two cards of spades?

g) What is the chance that you will draw a pair (two equal cards of different suits)?