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Three Dollar Table

Player A starts with 1 dollar and player B with 2. Each round the loser pays the winner 1 dollar, and A wins any given round with probability 2/3, independently of the others. They play until one of them is broke.

Tracking A's fortune gives a chain on {0,1,2,3}{0,1,2,3}:

from to 0 to 1 to 2 to 3
0 1 0 0 0
1 1/3 0 2/3 0
2 0 1/3 0 2/3
3 0 0 0 1

Starting from state 1, what is the probability the chain is absorbed at 3, so that A takes everything?

Answer format: round to 3 decimal places.