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HMMT 2023 C5

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Elbert and Yaiza each draw 10 cards from a 20 -card deck with cards numbered 1,2,3,…,201,2,3, \ldots, 20. Then, starting with the player with the card numbered 1, the players take turns placing down the lowestnumbered card from their hand that is greater than every card previously placed. When a player cannot place a card, they lose and the game ends. Given that Yaiza lost and 5 cards were placed in total, compute the number of ways the cards could have been initially distributed. (The order of cards in a player's hand does not matter.)

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