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The number of possible hands of 13 cards is 635 013 554 600.
The number of possible deals of four hands in bridge is 54 octillion, that is, 54 with 27 zeros following.
The number of possible games with each of those deals is 96 (counting vulnerability and who holds what).
That makes over 5 nonillion, or 5 with 30 zeros following.
By comparison, the number of seconds since our sun was born is only 145 quindillion, that is, 145 with 15 zeros following.
(See "Those numbers!")
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