
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Distribute 8 different playing cards into two stacks alternately, and then repeatedly place the left stack on top of the right stack. Determine the minimum number of repetitions of this process required to restore the playing cards to their original order.

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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