Short cards were used for cutting, as in whist, at the time.
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He won and lost $ 150, 000 in a year, consistently falling for short card cons.
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Also a variant for only three players exists where also the short card deck with 24 cards is used but all players still receive eight cards.
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The 80-column card could be scored, on either end, creating a stub that could be torn off, leaving a " stub card " or " short card ".
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Also, PCI-X slots are longer than PCIe 1x through PCIe 16x, which makes it impossible to make short cards for PCI-X . PCI-X slots take quite a bit of space on motherboards, which can be a problem for ATX and smaller form factors.