03-27-2012, 10:17 PM
80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766,975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000 ways to arrange 52 distinct cards.
If they were shuffled randomly, that'd be tough.
But cards are never shuffled randomly.
You can simulate randomness by shuffling 7 times or more, which is why lots of casinos have a 7 shuffle rule. By "simulate" I mean that 7 good shuffles tends to distribute cards beyond the ability of humans to predict clusters.
If they were shuffled randomly, that'd be tough.
But cards are never shuffled randomly.
You can simulate randomness by shuffling 7 times or more, which is why lots of casinos have a 7 shuffle rule. By "simulate" I mean that 7 good shuffles tends to distribute cards beyond the ability of humans to predict clusters.