Shoe (cards) must be dealt from a shoe (Scarne's invention). While no such ruling was ever passed, most Nevada casinos now deal from a multi-deck shoe. As gaming advisor to the Havana Hilton, Scarne also introduced the shoe to Puerto Rico and Cuba. The device is so named because the earliest versions of it resembled a woman's high-heel shoe, and were often painted red or black in color. Dealing shoes come in many colors and sizes, depending on the number of decks they are capable of holding (2, 4, 6, or 8 decks). When the cards are placed in the shoe, the
Cards in the hat thrown into the hat in one go. Cards in the hat Cards in the hat, or card flip, is a card throwing game in which the players throw playing cards into a hat or other receptacle. The game requires concentration and some skill. Two or more, equally-sized,teams are created. A hat (preferably a trilby) is placed on the floor, and a mark is determined from where each team member will play, known as the "oche". Each team puts forward one team member at a time, and each team plays alternatively, with the youngest in each team playing first. The first