Thirteen Spades

Your mathematical chance of receiving such a hand in bridge is one in 635,013,559,600 deals

From the Feb. 9, 1935, issue of Science News Letter.

The perfect bridge hand.

BUILDING GOOD HANDS. It is only by thorough shuffling that the combinations of the play are broken up and the dull hands of 4-3-3-3 cards, by suits, are prevented.

Two of three times a year, one can pick up the morning newspaper and read something like this:

“PARIS, Mar.