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I read earlier today that “When you shuffle a single deck of cards, it is almost certain that that arrangement of cards has never before appeared and likely wil
by jdkee 6y ago
I read earlier today that “When you shuffle a single deck of cards, it is almost certain that that arrangement of cards has never before appeared and likely will never again.”
52!=8*10^67 arrangements.
- libraryofbabel 6y agoFor scale: that’s about one deck for every atom in our galaxy.
- Simon_says 6y ago> likely will never again That's a pessimistic view of the future.
- irthomasthomas 6y agoYes, as long as you give it a true shuffle, as a casino would. Casual lazy shuffling may produce duplicates.
- johannes1234321 6y agoWhile in a poker game you don't hand out all cards and the order in which a player gets their cards before a betting round (first two with texas hold'em) also doesn't matter. Takes unite a few arrangements out :)