“Tempting”: Solution
Solution to Tempting:
No, you shouldn’t accept. Surprisingly, the odds of receiving such a hand are 1,827 to 1, overwhelmingly favoring the earl.
It’s said that Charles Anderson Worsley (1809-1897), the second Earl of Yarborough, made a considerable amount of money offering this challenge to whist players. Even today such a hand in bridge is known as a Yarborough.
