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Match situations
bet365: Does a red card count as 2 cards?
- Market
- Number of Cards in Match
- Straight red
- Counts as 2
- Second yellow and red
- The second yellow is ignored: 1 for the first yellow plus 2 for the red, so 3
- Max per player
- 3 cards
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