I am using this MDL template here:
https://getmdl.io/templates/portfolio/index.html
As you can see, the "cards" are aligned by 3 columns.
What I'm having difficulty with is trying to stagger each "card" row by 2 columns, and then 3 columns, and so forth.
The problem with removing the 3rd card and just leave two cards is that it doesn't equally distribute the cards on the page. In a 3-column spread, you have LEFT, MIDDLE and RIGHT. When you remove the 3rd card, the two cards appear in the LEFT and MIDDLE columns, leaving the right column awkwardly vacant.
I am trying to attempt something like this: