4 things I hate about you

Day one, WSOP 2008 Main Event, during ESPN's telecast I witness a man lose with quad Aces to a royal flush to be eliminated from the event. The odds of such an event occurring is an astounding 2,705,513,196 (2.7 billion) to 1, and this got me thinking of what event(s) is rarer.

• Injury from fireworks: 19,556 to 1
• Killed by lightning: 2,320,000 to 1
• Becoming president of the USA: 10,000,000 to 1

the only one i could find was:

• of a meteor landing on your house: 182,138,880,000,000 (182,138 Billion) to 1

When you think about it, that was one unlucky guy

Cards maketh the [stat] Man

If your anything like me, you probably have about 20 packs of cards at home, and maybe some at the office, ranging from the official coles plastic fantastic for $2.50 up to your Kem or Copag you won't let children play with.
Cards are a very personal thing, too heavy, too hard to control, not flexible enough, damages too easily, it can seem harder to find that perfect deck than it was choosing a name for your iPhone, I eventually choose Indiana.
The Cardface Design is probably the most personal aspect, The Ace of Spades and the picture card designs needs to reflect your personal taste, personally I prefer an older style, very traditional design. Combine this with a Jumbo Index, a must for poker players using a 8 seater table or more, and i simple elegant back design.
The Kem cards i recently picked up are simply fantastic, made from 100% cellulose acetate, gives these cards amazing properties. These cards can be folded in two and as long as no crease is pressed in, will return to the original shape. They are also impossible to chip. I did a test on these cards, flicking them against a brick wall, they stayed in one piece. The best thing about them is because they are so smooth, the are so easy to shuffle , simple sliding together with ease but ridged enough to easily deal across a 6 foot felt.
Definitely one to keep away from children, not that they could damage them.

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