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form of Russian Bank, requiring less strain on the attention than that just described, is played with only one pack of fifty-two cards.

The players cut for deal and seats. The lower cut wins. The cards rank from the king and queen down to the deuce and ace. The cards are dealt two to each player the first time, and then three at a time to each until the pack is exhausted. Each player then gathers his twenty-six cards, keeping them face down, and places them in his left hand.

The non-dealer begins by laying out four cards, one at a time, face up, in a row from left to right, on the