BRIDGE; BETTING WITH THE ODDS - The New York Times - 0 views
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the second Earl of Yarborough offered an interesting bet to his whist-playing friends: a thousand to one against them picking up a hand with no card above a nine. Mathematics was on his side since the odds are 1,827 to 1. There is no record that he ever paid off.
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NY Times article about bridge and probability -
Unfortunately, the rest of the column is full of bridge jargon and I don't play. This is like NASCAR for nerds.
