Thirteen Spades
Your mathematical chance of receiving such a hand in bridge is one in 635,013,559,600 deals
From the Feb. 9, 1935, issue of Science News Letter.
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Two of three times a year, one can pick up the morning newspaper and read something like this:
“PARIS, Mar. 4—Samuel Spadoff died here today from a heart attack caused, physicians state, by being dealt the perfect bridge hand—thirteen spades.”