Patrick Jane PF analysis

In this document I will analyze Patrick Jane’s Poker Feat from episode 6, season 1. Made by: Arthen Contacts: Discord: svakeloo TikTok: arthenam The context of the feat After winning $250,000 in BlackJack, Patrick Jane is playing poker with Cho and Rigsby. Van Pelt asks him how he won. Patrick replies he memorized cards. He tells them he uses his memory palace for it and as an example, asks her to shuffle the cards so he can show the result of it. He asks Van Pelt to shuffle the deck, he doesn’t look at her or in her direction and while she’s shuffling, guesses Cho’s and Rigbsy’s hands, after that, he guesses the dealer card after Van Pelt finishes the shuffling. Van Pelt was shuffling for around 11 seconds. Every place in his memory palace is the position in the deck (1-52) and every card has its own symbol. Photos of it: Amount of cards in the deck So let's first count how many cards are not in the deck. Poker is played with 52 cards, as we can see, there are 14 cards that are not in the deck. I got it from 2+3+4+2+2+1=14. So there are 38 cards in the deck (52-14). Analysis of the feat CPI analysis So, as I said in the context part, Patrick guessed the dealer card BEFORE she finished shuffling. Like 1 second before, when she did the final shuffle. Because Van Pelt didn’t play with them - she doesn’t know how to play poker and what’s the most common way of shuffling among people who don't know how to play card games? Right, overhand! And also we were shown the last …