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25 CARDS, 5 PAT HANDS

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by: Tim Justice - Fri, 18 Feb 2022 21:24 UTC

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by: Eric Sosman - Fri, 18 Feb 2022 22:12 UTC

On 2/18/2022 4:24 PM, Tim Justice wrote:
> There has to be a guide in accomplishing 5 pat hands out f 25 random cards. Or at least combinations that make it impossible. Which is it?

There was a thread on this topic a few years ago (...search...)
Aha! It started all the way back in 2001 at

https://groups.google.com/g/rec.puzzles/c/G56_ILqGDhY/m/RZiuJMgMvwQJ

.... and then resurfaced in 2019, with a link to yet another thread.

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interests / rec.puzzles / Re: 25 CARDS, 5 PAT HANDS

Subject	Author
25 CARDS, 5 PAT HANDS	Tim Justice
Re: 25 CARDS, 5 PAT HANDS	Eric Sosman