53 Bicycles – double-dink!
"Bicycle" is a brand of playing cards. The men were playing poker.
There are only 52 cards in a deck. One man was caught cheating with
an extra Ace up his sleeve. One of the other players shot him.
In my variant of the above, two of the players become involved in
a big betting duel until one eventually calls. The first player shows his
hand and he has 4 Aces. The other player claims the win when he shows
that his hand is a Royal Flush of Spades, ie A K Q J 10. The third player
looks at the cards and sees two King of Spades. He realises that one of
his opponents is a cheat but is unable to work out which one it is, so he
shoots them both, just to be on the safe side!
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