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Entering a deal is an awkward thing
to do with a mouse because there are 52 choices to be made. In order
to make the overall process as simple as possible, the deal entering
screen includes a display of unplaced cards across the top, along with
the four hands being constructed. You can place a card in a hand in
one of the following two ways:
- Select one of the four hands by clicking on
the player name. Now any card you click on will be moved to that
hand. If you click on a card that a player already holds, it will be
returned to the pool of unplaced cards. In addition to specific
cards, the display of unplaced cards includes an ``x'' in each suit.
If you click on the x, the player will be given an unspecified small
card in that suit.
- Select a hand and a suit by tabbing to that
location on the screen or clicking on it. You can type in the cards
held by that player in that suit. You can also enter something like
``KJxxx'' to indicate that the player has five cards to the KJ, and so
on.
When you are done, GIB will deal the remaining cards at random. You
can also assign a board number, which will be used to determine
vulnerability and dealer. If you leave the board number blank, GIB
will assign it at random.
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