Miracle Hand Of Thirteen Hearts

Chronicle (Levin), 10 July 1948, Page 2

Miracle Hand Of Thirteen Hearts

HA8TINGS, .Tuly 9. Four Hastings ]>rofessiona] mcii wlio forcguther once a week for a game of contract bridge, were givCn cause for excitoment at tliis wecks 's sittiug when oue of their number was dealt a miracie hand of 13 hearts. This hand canie outv in the course of a goulash deal. The chances of being dealt this freak hand in goulash, are, of course, better than if it had been an ordinary deal but nevertheless it is a most rare occurrence and one which participants in this week 's game will, on the law ot' averages, proliably never cxperience again. Mtatisticians place the chance of getting sueh a hand as one in some niillions. For the uninitiated goulash was dealt after all four players had f'ailed to make a eall. For- goulash the deaier places his cards on the t a 1 > 1 e in the order in which he has sorted them and then the other three players pack their cards on top, working anti-clock-wise. The pack is not reshufl'led but it is cut once only and then redealt, the deaier handing ont seven cards the first timo rouud and then six cards. It is not unusnal with goulash to get somo freak ronibinations and seveu or eight of one suit are fairlv common but to be dealt the whole 13 card suit is a unique cxperience. In this week 's game the plaver exhibitod conimendable eaulion by trumping the ace of dianionds lead with a two of hearts before tabling his hand.