Quote Originally Posted by k_c View Post
Let's create a theoretical deck and deal:

deck composition: one 9, 4 tens, and one theoretical 16 card
both player and dealer are dealt one card

It's 4 times more likely that player will get 16 versus ten rather than versus 9 from a fresh deal

After dealer card is dealt whether dealer's card is 9 or ten, the probability of player's card being 16 is just the same.

This is an example of a conditional probability.

Hope this helps

k_c
Wonderful. Thank you.