[willie24]

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all that matters are the 2 cards that are yet to come. if a card doesn't come, it doesn't matter (for the purposes of your odds) whether it is in an opponent's hand or left in the deck. do you know what cards are in your opponents' hands? if not, then how many hearts are in their hands doesn't matter, because it can't be predicted. an unseen card is an unseen card.

another way to think about it is that, if, on average 3.8/20 opponent cards are hearts, then, on average 5.2/27 remaining cards in the deck are hearts. this ratio is exactly the same as 9/47