Steve,

>> Congratulations! This strategy wins more than 25% of the time. In
>> addition to your reasonning for this strategy, you wil also win when the
>> 3rd largest card is in the first half of the deck, and the first and
>> second largest cards are in the second half of the deck and the largest
>> card appears before the second largest, etc.
>>
> I didn't think of those additional winning combinations...
>

So what? I expect you would have become aware of these extra winning combinations after playing a few games.

The important fact is that you created a sound strategy for winning money at a game that most people wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole... < bg >.

I have been lucky in my career in that the majority of the systems I design fit into the "there is no solution" category. It keeps me happy because I like traveling down on unfamiliar roads...

Daniel