Duplicate cards in play

Angela124

I played a £3.30 Dym earlier on today and my whole cards were 7h 5h I folded pre flop but was amazed when the 5h came out first on the flop. I was playing on mobile as I was working (Or supposed to be) so couldn't chat to table to ask if they are seeing the same cards as I was.

This has never happened to me before but is a bit concerning. After I got home I checked hand history and it showed the 5h I seen on the flop as Qs but i couldnt ask the table if they also seen the 5h on the flop.
Luckily there was no action in this hand and it was not a memorable hand so dont' think anyone who played will remember it.

Has anyone else come across a situation like this or is it a one off glitch in the software?

P.s I was not under the influence of any substances

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
wrongjohn1	Small blind		10.00	10.00	1970.00
Jolly493	Big blind		20.00	30.00	1840.00
	Your hole cards	7 5
LittleGJ	Fold
Angela124	Fold
xbootneck2	Call		20.00	50.00	2050.00
GorgieJim	Call		20.00	70.00	1880.00
wrongjohn1	Fold
Jolly493	Check
Flop
		Q Q 7
Jolly493	Check
xbootneck2	Check
GorgieJim	Check
Turn
		3
Jolly493	Check
xbootneck2	Check
GorgieJim	Check
River
		6
Jolly493	Check
xbootneck2	Bet		70.00	140.00	1980.00
GorgieJim	Fold
Jolly493	Fold
xbootneck2	Muck
xbootneck2	Win		70.00		2050.00
xbootneck2	Return		70.00	0.00	2120.00

raggy94

Turning on four colour deck solves this issue

Tikay10

@Angela124

Hi,

No need to be concerned, the 5h you saw as the first card on the flop was almost certainly the PREVIOUS flop, & was caused by "latency".

"the delay before a transfer of data begins following an instruction for its transfer.

"poor performance due to network latency"

I would not say it's common, but it can occur from time to time especially when using a Mobile Device with an intermittent or poor signal.

PS - very pleased to hear you were not under any nefarious influence.

_Mr_Chips_

Surely very easy to prove or debunk by looking at HH of previous hand???

Tikay10

_Mr_Chips_ said:

Surely very easy to prove or debunk by looking at HH of previous hand???

@_Mr_Chips_ @Angela124

Correct.

Angela124

Thanks for comments @_Mr_Chips_ and the reply from @Tikay10

I don't know how these things work but would have gladly taken your word for it @Tikay10 but when @_Mr_Chips_ suggested to check my curiosity got the better of me so checked and there is no 5h in the previous hand

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
GorgieJim	Small blind		10.00	10.00	1950.00
wrongjohn1	Big blind		20.00	30.00	1980.00
	Your hole cards	7 6
Jolly493	Call		20.00	50.00	1960.00
LittleGJ	Raise		60.00	110.00	1940.00
Angela124	Fold
xbootneck2	Fold
GorgieJim	Call		50.00	160.00	1900.00
wrongjohn1	Fold
Jolly493	Call		40.00	200.00	1920.00
Flop
		9 7 5
GorgieJim	Check
Jolly493	Check
LittleGJ	Check
Turn
		J
GorgieJim	Check
Jolly493	Bet		60.00	260.00	1860.00
LittleGJ	Raise		220.00	480.00	1720.00
GorgieJim	Fold
Jolly493	Fold
LittleGJ	Muck
LittleGJ	Win		320.00		2040.00
LittleGJ	Return		160.00	0.00	2200.00

Tikay10

@Angela124

I can't really explain it then.

Be assured though, it's simply not possible that there are duplicate cards in the "deck". An online deck is not a deck at all, it's just computer code, & it can't ever change.

PS; The Forum would be a whole lot busier if there were dupe cards.

Angela124

It totally bemused me too i had to get my workmate to tell me what they seen on the screen. Wish I knew how to screen shot it before it moved to the next hand.
As I said i've never seen it before so take it it's a 1 in a million glitch and i rarely ever play on my mobile.

Thanks for comments tho much appreciated

raggy94

If you look closely at these hand histories you've confused diamonds with hearts/ spades with clubs.

Sorry i should have said first of all, there is an option to play with a four colour deck which makes the game a lot easier to play, especially on mobile.

Tikay10

^^^^ @Angela124

Angela124

@raggy94 Sorry I missed your original comment

I hand on heart honestly did not confuse it, I showed it to my work mate and they seen the same thing as me a 5h was showing where the Qs was I defo wouldn't get the Qs confused with the 5h

It must have been a glitch on my mobile.....I so wish I knew how to screen shot it at the time

But guess I'll just have to settle with coming across as a crack pot lol

Bean81

Either a latency glitch or a misread. Sounds like a latency glitch for you. I've not seen this in hundreds of thousands of hands on Sky (not Sky mobile) or millions of hands on other sites, but have had plenty of latency problems.

I have made plenty of misreads online and a higher proportion of misreads live without having the hand constantly on show in front of me in four-coloured deck. Online, there's been a number of times I've been all in pre with A4o and seen others do the same.

Angela124

Thanks for the comments guys
Maybe I have done a Robbi Jade Lew
I also have never come across it before and I was in a remote part of the country at the time where the internet signal wasn't at full stregnth so makes sense