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| 11 | <h1>Some bridge tools</h1> |
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| 13 | <p>A few simple web-based utilities for contract bridge players. They |
| 14 | are free software, and you may modify and/or redistribute them under the |
| 15 | terms of the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GNU |
| 16 | General Public License version 2</a> or, at your option, any later |
| 17 | version. |
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| 19 | <p>You can browse or download the source code, and its revision history, |
| 20 | from <a href="http://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/bridge-toys/">its Git |
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| 24 | <h2>Dealing lists</h2> |
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| 26 | <p>Shuffling cards is tedious, and if you don’t do it enough, you |
| 27 | get less interesting hands than you ought to. Instead, get |
| 28 | a randomly generated <a href="/ucgi/~mdw/deal">list</a> of piles to deal |
| 29 | the cards in. Each list is a randomly generated partition of the 52 |
| 30 | cards into four hands of 13 cards each. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | <p>You should still shuffle the cards a bit before dealing in order to |
| 33 | prevent any really clever players from being able to work out the hands |
| 34 | based on the old order of the cards and the dealing list. |
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| 36 | <p>If you’re going to be away from the net, you may find it useful |
| 37 | to print a <a href="/ucgi/~mdw/deal/sheet">sheet</a> of many deals. |
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| 40 | <h2>Hand generator</h2> |
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| 42 | <p>If you have a spare moment, then why not spend it staring at a |
| 43 | randomly generated <a href="/ucgi/~mdw/deal/hand">bridge hand</a>? The |
| 44 | link on each page can be used to share interesting hands with others. |
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