Probability that a random 13-card hand contains at least 3 cards of every suit?

Dominik, your answer was off by a factor of 4. This happened because you counted a hand containing J,K,Q,A of spades (for example) 4 times: (JQK)(A), (QKA)(J), (KAJ)(Q), and (JAQ)(K)


We count the "favourables," the 4-3-3-3 hands. The suit in which we have $4$ cards can be chosen in $\binom{4}{1}$ ways. For each of these ways, the actual $4$ cards in that suit can be chosen in $\binom{13}{4}$ ways. For each of these ways, the cards in the other three suits can be chosen in $\binom{13}{3}^3$ ways, for a total of $\binom{4}{1}\binom{13}{4}\binom{13}{3}^3$.

Remark: Your counting procedure results in multiple counting. Think, for example, of the 4-3-3-3 hand that has the K, Q, J, 10 of hearts, and some specific cards for the rest of the hand. Your calculation views, for example, K, Q, J of hearts, and later 10 of hearts, as different from K, J, 10 of hearts, and then Q of hearts.