I don't know the answer, but it's a beautiful question. And what does the entry price approach as 52 —> oo ??? —Dan Thane Plambeck wrote: ----- the usual 52-card playing deck is shuffled and then revealed one-by-one to a player who guesses the color (red or black) of each card prior to its being revealed. the player earns one dollar for each card whose color he guesses correctly; there is no penalty for being wrong. what is a fair entry price to play? -----