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Gambler's Luck Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/28/2009
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

As usual, the above coordinates have nothing to do with this cache - they're not even good parking coordinates.


While visiting with a gambler friend a while ago, we got to discussing the differences and similarities of our jobs. He made a most interesting statement: "You magicians can do wonderful things with a deck of cards - some of them quite amazing - but you only work with a single deck at a time. As a gambler, I need to work with several decks all at once. Let me show you something that relates to your other 'obsession', geocaching." He took out several new decks, shuffled them all together, loaded them into the shoe, and started dealing out rows of cards. After he finished, he asked "Do you see what I've done?" After studing the cards for a bit, I said "Ahh! Yes, very good! You stacked the decks so that the cards encode coordinates. But it's very easy to see that all you have to do is ..."

Can you see what I saw? Can you read the coordinates? If so, there's a cache waiting for you.

Card Puzzle

BTW, read, understand, and obey all signs you see while seeking this cache.

Honors to fishiam for solving the puzzle first,
congrats to Prying Pandora & superhoser for signing the blank logbook (i.e.. FTF).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hint:] Zhygvcyr fbyhgvbaf. Guvf vf n gehr sbhe fgne qvssvphygl chmmyr. [Puzzle Clue:] Qvfthvfrq Vagrecergrq Genafyngvba Qvfvatrahbhf Nglcvpny Uryc

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)