It's been quite a while since I've programmed anything so this is bound to be a bit rough. This program deals a hand of 5 cards after randomly shuffling a standard deck of 52 cards. The first time it is run it takes about 20 seconds on my 386sx-16. Subsequent runs take about 5 seconds. Why is this? I'm trying to make it run faster so any comments would be appreciated. This is just a personal programming exercise for an ultimate goal of a blackjack program. Thanks, TJ Brown on Exec PC Tracy Brown on CI$ 70153,523