Brain Buster

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Brain Buster

I got a puzzle:

The game:

  1. Uses a standard 52 card deck.
  2. Only one player at a time.
  3. Deck is shuffled into a random configuration at the start of each hand (all hands are equally likely to be dealt to the player).
  4. The player's hand consists of 2 face down cards, that the player doesn't get to see the cards until the end of the hand.

Bob is playing this game, but he brought along his azure magic wand. This wand when ran over his 2 face down cards, will lite up if there is 1 or more Queens in the hand.

Alice is also playing this game (at a separate table, with a separate deck of cards). Alice brought along her ruby magic wand. This wand lite up if the Queen of Hearts is in the 2 card face down hand.
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You walk into the casino, Bob and Alice have each been dealt their face down hands (2 cards each); each one scans their own hand with their own wand, and both wands lite up.

The question:
Who is more likely to have a pair of Queens?
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/e And don't be intimidated of being wrong; essentially everyone gets this one wrong the first time! Oh and I forgot to mention, the magic wands are 100% accurate.

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CyberLN's picture
Well, dang it, Nyar! My
algebe's picture
All we know is that Bob and
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I’m wondering, though, if
Nyarlathotep's picture
I'll try to plant a tiny seed
CyberLN's picture
Alice’s wand only lights up
algebe's picture
But even if Bob's wand lights
CyberLN's picture
But I think it has more to do
Cognostic's picture
Both wands lite up, their
algebe's picture
he is playing 75% more hands
Cognostic's picture
@Algebe: No, they are
Nyarlathotep's picture
Let me try to plant another
Cognostic's picture
The hands do not matter,
algebe's picture
But the question was about
CyberLN's picture
@Algebe, “
Cognostic's picture
@Algebe: That's my
Old man shouts at clouds's picture
Yeh I thought the odds were
Tin-Man's picture
I have to admit, I am of the
Cognostic's picture
We can all fight about the
LogicFTW's picture
Ooh a puzzle! Time to
Nyarlathotep's picture
Hand-waving explanation:
Nyarlathotep's picture
Not only did I get this wrong
Tin-Man's picture
Well, I have to admit, THAT
CyberLN's picture
That was wonderful, Nyar!
Cognostic's picture
@RE: Alice misses about 1/2
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Cognostic - Alice's accuracy
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Cognostic - I might even
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Another way to think of it
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I actually thought of it in
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LogicFTW - ...by thinking
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LogicFTW - we use that "new"

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