** BRAINTEASER ** The Forgetful Dealer

[Spooner]

A man had dealt about half the cards for a bridge game when he was interrupted by a telephone call. When he returned, no one could remember who had been dealt the last card. Without knowing the number of cards in any of the 4 partly dealt hands. or the number of cards left in the undealt part of the pack, how could the deal be completed so that everyone received the cards they would have received had the deal not been interrupted?

Answer will be posted later if nobody gets it.

 

[Spooner]

i thought you guys were into this stuff

 

[CKDragon]

Would I have had to play bridge before to know the answer? Or can it be any card game?

I never have... I want to know if I'd be wasting my time trying to think of it. 😀

CK

 

[Marshy]

surely just deal in the oposite direction, starting with the guy normally last first.

 

[propellerhead]

I never cared to learn how to play Bridge.

 

[CKDragon]

Originally posted by: Marshy
surely just deal in the oposite direction, starting with the guy normally last first.

That sounds good as long as all the cards are dealt in bridge. As mentioned earlier, I don't know. 😛

CK

 

[cjchaps]

Would'nt you also have to start the deal from the bottom of the deck?

Originally posted by: Marshy
surely just deal in the oposite direction, starting with the guy normally last first.

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: Marshy
surely just deal in the oposite direction, starting with the guy normally last first.

that's not entirely true

and Bridge doesn't matter.... any game with 4 players and all cards dealt

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: cjchaps
Would'nt you also have to start the deal from the bottom of the deck?

Originally posted by: Marshy
surely just deal in the oposite direction, starting with the guy normally last first.

yeah, that's right.


You guys are good 😛

 

[Marshy]

how about that for team work,

next question please. 😀