Detective Cole arrived at the crime scene where a man sat at a poker table, shot dead. Four players sat around him. Each swore they were holding their cards tightly when the shot rang out from across the room. Cole looked at their hands and immediately arrested the player holding a Royal Flush in spades. Why?
Holding their cards
If a player is holding their cards tightly when startled by a gunshot, they would naturally flinch and drop or scatter them, but holding a perfect Royal Flush shows composure that betrays foreknowledge of the shot.
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