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"Wow, you lost, what, 90% of your cards on that shuffle?"
Heh, it's those slippery Italian cards. I suppose I should count them now. They kind of went everywhere.
"You seem to be using them more."
Well ... aside from the fact that they are nice cards, I am conducting an experiment for Spider.
"Oooh, sciency."
Kind of. I want to see if it makes a difference if the two decks are mixed up together, rather than ... dealt out sequentially.
"Can you break that down for we non-scientists?"
By 'sequentially', I mean, first deal out one deck and then move on to the second deck. You see, I am thinking this might give one an advantage by guaranteeing a spread in the cards, as one removes the possibility, for instance, of getting six or seven cards of one rank in the first dozen cards dealt out.
The rules, I think, are clear in that both decks should be mixed together, but at this point, I am willing to accept the cheat of sequential dealing.
First, I want to see if I can tell a difference. I am keeping track of my wins and losses, and I will see if I win more games out of ten either way. Maybe I will extend the experiment to games out of twenty, if I think I might get greater clarity on my question.
"LOL Okay, whatever gets you off. But what does this have to do with the Italian cards?"
Well, this will be the games in which the decks are dealt sequentially. Since the Italian decks come in dual-packs, with the backs of the decks being different, making it easier to separate them out after the games.
I am using the black-back Bicycle cards for the games in which the two decks will be mixed. It would be a pain to have to separate the two decks with these cards.
And, again, the Italian cards are very nice, and I am happy to find a use for them.
"How is the experiment going so far?"
Oh, it's a tie. I haven't won a game either way yet.
"LOL."
I've only played three games so far. But we'll see.
Heh, it's those slippery Italian cards. I suppose I should count them now. They kind of went everywhere.
"You seem to be using them more."
Well ... aside from the fact that they are nice cards, I am conducting an experiment for Spider.
"Oooh, sciency."
Kind of. I want to see if it makes a difference if the two decks are mixed up together, rather than ... dealt out sequentially.
"Can you break that down for we non-scientists?"
By 'sequentially', I mean, first deal out one deck and then move on to the second deck. You see, I am thinking this might give one an advantage by guaranteeing a spread in the cards, as one removes the possibility, for instance, of getting six or seven cards of one rank in the first dozen cards dealt out.
The rules, I think, are clear in that both decks should be mixed together, but at this point, I am willing to accept the cheat of sequential dealing.
First, I want to see if I can tell a difference. I am keeping track of my wins and losses, and I will see if I win more games out of ten either way. Maybe I will extend the experiment to games out of twenty, if I think I might get greater clarity on my question.
"LOL Okay, whatever gets you off. But what does this have to do with the Italian cards?"
Well, this will be the games in which the decks are dealt sequentially. Since the Italian decks come in dual-packs, with the backs of the decks being different, making it easier to separate them out after the games.
I am using the black-back Bicycle cards for the games in which the two decks will be mixed. It would be a pain to have to separate the two decks with these cards.
And, again, the Italian cards are very nice, and I am happy to find a use for them.
"How is the experiment going so far?"
Oh, it's a tie. I haven't won a game either way yet.
"LOL."
I've only played three games so far. But we'll see.
