Why Are There 52 Cards In A Deck, With 4 Suits Of 13 Cards Each?

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52 cards deck basically consist of 4 suits: hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs. Each suit further contains 13 cards: 10 ace cards (A to 10) and 3 picture cards: Jack, Queen, and King. Two suits (hearts and diamonds) in red color and another two (spades and clubs) in black.

When you stroll to the poker table at a fancy Las Vegas casino, you probably think of a hundred different things – the flashing lights, the slot machines, the beautiful people in the crowd, potential celebrities all around.

But when the dealer deals you in, a strange thought comes to you… why clubs and spades? Why hearts and diamonds? Why two colors? Four suits? 52 cards?

By the time your brain wraps its head around all the questions you find on those five playing cards in your hand, the whole table is waiting for you to bet or call.

It may have been bad timing, but these are some good questions, but to answer them we need to step back a little in time.