Germann's three games of faro

A player wins if their card makes a pair with the banker's card on the left, but loses if their card makes a pair with the banker's card on the right.

	Banker's	Germann's cards	Banker's
1st game				Germann wins
2nd game				Germann wins
3rd game				Germann loses

Please note that Pushkin does not mention the suit of the cards other than the queen of spades.

References:

A.S. Pushkin. The Queen of Spades. Edited by J Forsyth. Russian Studies. Bristol Classical Press. ISBN 1-85399-313-1

                    This book contains the text of Pikovaya Dama in Russian with an excellent vocabulary and notes.

                    You can get the book from Grant and Cutler.

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