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Two decks of cards without jokers are needed. The dealer, chosen at random, deals 6 cards to each player in clockwise direction. After dealing he puts four face up cards in front of where he would put the rest of the cards, in the center of the table. These cards can be placed in hand only if you can
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Imagine that there are three triplets on the table: one of Kings (K), one of Queens (Q) and one of Jacks (J) consisting only of hearts, diamonds and clubs.
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on the table. He can change the combinations on the table to form three straights: one of hearts, one of diamonds and one of clubs.
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their proper groups. Any invalid cards left on the table will be later incorporated into valid groups by other players.
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