[gordontd]

gordontd, on 2015-December-09, 08:31, said:

It does. You put the hands back in unshuffled and it reconstructs the play. I imagine it could be a card or two either way in determining the exact moment of the claim.

It occurs to me to wonder what would happen in the case of a revoke. I imagine it would identify it as an early claim.

[helene_t]

Or an accepted LOOT

[lorserker]

After the cards are played, we put them face down in front of ourselves one after the other with a small offset. If the part of the table where we align the cards could read bardcodes, like the table of the lady at the supermarket, then the play of the hand could be reconstructed by the order in which the cards are put facedown. Usually cards already have barcodes needed by the dealing machine, we just have to add the barcodes on all four edges of the cards, not just the top.

[barmar]

Dealing machines stopped needing barcodes years ago, they now use image processing to read the numbers and letters on the cards.

[lorserker]

barmar, on 2015-December-10, 11:14, said:

Dealing machines stopped needing barcodes years ago, they now use image processing to read the numbers and letters on the cards.

then it's even easier.

[Fluffy]

I wonder if Fred followed this thread or only the one in BW

[gordontd]

barmar, on 2015-December-10, 11:14, said:

Dealing machines stopped needing barcodes years ago, they now use image processing to read the numbers and letters on the cards.

Some no longer need barcodes but as far as I am aware the ones in most common use still use them.

[Zelandakh]

Fluffy, on 2015-December-14, 02:00, said:

I wonder if Fred followed this thread or only the one in BW

The pattern of the last few years suggests that he does not read these forums any more unless his name is mentioned in a comment...so you might just have triggered a visit.