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Stories about the Spanish deck, the rules explained plainly, details about our decks and project news.
Curiosities ·
The greatest card magic tricks in history
The ambitious card, the thought-of card, Tamariz’s routines… We look back at the tricks and magicians who turned a deck of cards into a spectacle.
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Spanish deck ·
The world’s largest playing card collections
Vitoria, London, Stuttgart and New York are home to thousands of historic packs of cards. Discover where to find the most important collections.
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Curiosities ·
World records involving playing cards
Giant houses of cards, decks memorised in seconds and enormous collections: discover some of the most fascinating records achieved with playing cards.
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Curiosities ·
Who invented modern card shuffling?
From the riffle shuffle to the familiar overhand shuffle and the machines used in casinos, we explore where each way of mixing the cards comes from.
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Probability and chance ·
What is the hardest hand to get?
The hardest hand to get depends on the game. Being dealt all four ases (aces) from a 40-card Spanish deck happens roughly once in every 91,390 four-card deals. In Chinchón (Spanish rummy), being dealt seven consecutive cards of the same suit is even rarer.
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