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question from Tom D’Kannarry

Does it matter which hand I use?

Intenet poker is a popular and unsightly passtime in these dark days. There is lots of money to be made and lots of spam to be vomited on the world.

An online gambler such as yourself may find himself tempted by the financial gains, over the noble art of legitimately fooling your opponents out of their dirty money. Cheating would seem the obvious choice, but without a physical sleeve to conceal counterfeit cards, how would it be done?

How indeed?!

Your dilligence and derring-do to find a way of having a second, dubious set of cards should be both commemorated and disparaged. But the question of which hand is simple: use the winning one, and with the booty you should be able to sleep the sleep of the glass-eyed.

This question was asked on 26 October 2005 and answered 5 months and 2 days later on 28 March 2006.