The Playboy Advisor

February, 1998

[Q]I'm an avid poker player. Several years ago I started to hear that casinos were going to experiment with a four-colored deck: red hearts, black spades, blue diamonds and green clubs. The rationale was that there would be fewer misread cards. Has this type of deck been tried? If so, what were the results?--M.T., Arroyo Grande, California[A]The four-colored deck has popped up here and there but hasn't caught on. Now, however, it has a prominent champion in Mike "the Mad Genius" Caro,...