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That association of each card with a definite hand not only organizes John's thoughts but also aids
his memory.
Now if Sid folds and his two of hearts is the first card to go on the bottom of the deck, John will
remember that the fifty-third card is the two of hearts. Then by mentally counting the dealt cards,
John will know when and to whom the two of hearts will be redealt. By that procedure, he often
knows several cards that will be redealt. For example, he may know the fifty-third, fifty-fourth,
fifty-seventh, sixtieth, and sixty-first card.... The cards he knows depends on how the folded cards
are put on the bottom of the deck.
c. Seeing flashed cards (54)
Many important cards are flashed during a game. Players who see flashed cards are not cheating.
Cheating occurs only through a deliberate physical action to see unexposed cards. For example, a player
who is dealing and purposely turns the deck to look at the bottom card is cheating. But a player who sees
cards flashed by someone else violates no rule or ethic. To see the maximum number of flashed cards.
one must know when and where to expect them. When the mind is alert to flashing cards, the eye can be
trained to spot and identify them. Cards often flash when--
● they are dealt
● a player picks up his hand or draw cards
● a player looks at his cards or ruffles them through his fingers
● a kibitzer or peeker picks up the cards of another player (peekers are often careless about flashing
other players' cards)
● a player throws in his discards or folds his hand
● cards reflect in a player's eyeglasses.
The good player occasionally tells a player to hold back his cards or warns a dealer that he is flashing
cards. He does that to create an image of honesty, which keeps opponents from suspecting his constant
use of flashed cards. He knows his warnings have little permanent effect on stopping players from
flashing cards. In fact, warned players often become more careless about flashing because of their
increased confidence in the "honesty" of the game.
Using data from one hundred games, John Finn compiles the following chart, which illustrates the
number of flashed cards he sees in the Monday night game:
Flashed by
Average Number of Flashed
Cards
Identified per Hand
[adjusted for a seven-man game]
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Average Number of Flashed
Cards
Identified per Hand
[adjusted for a seven-man game]
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