diff --git a/tests/src/pokerth_test/RunRankingGameTest.java b/tests/src/pokerth_test/RunRankingGameTest.java
index fcc668c9..cc9cbcd2 100644
--- a/tests/src/pokerth_test/RunRankingGameTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/pokerth_test/RunRankingGameTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -182,6 +183,29 @@ public class RunRankingGameTest extends TestBase {
 			failOnErrorMessage(msg);
 			if (msg.isHandStartMessageSelected()) {
 				handNum++;
+				// Cards should be encrypted for registered users.
+				assertTrue(msg.getHandStartMessage().getValue().getYourCards().isEncryptedCardsSelected());
+				byte[] encData = msg.getHandStartMessage().getValue().getYourCards().getEncryptedCards().getCardData();
+				byte[] cardData = decryptCards(AuthPassword, encData);
+				int size = cardData.length;
+				while (size > 0 && cardData[size-1] == 0) {
+					size--;
+				}
+				String cardStr = new String(cardData, 0, size);
+				String[] cardTok = cardStr.split("\\s");
+				// First token is player id.
+				assertEquals(String.valueOf(firstPlayerId), cardTok[0]);
+				// Second token is game id.
+				assertEquals(String.valueOf(gameId), cardTok[1]);
+				// Third token is hand num.
+				assertEquals(String.valueOf(handNum), cardTok[2]);
+				// Fourth and fifth tokens are cards.
+				int card1 = Integer.valueOf(cardTok[3]);
+				int card2 = Integer.valueOf(cardTok[4]);
+				assertTrue(card1 < 52);
+				assertTrue(card1 >= 0);
+				assertTrue(card2 < 52);
+				assertTrue(card2 >= 0);
 			}
 			else if (msg.isPlayersTurnMessageSelected()) {
 				if (msg.getPlayersTurnMessage().getValue().getPlayerId().getValue() == firstPlayerId) {
diff --git a/tests/src/pokerth_test/TestBase.java b/tests/src/pokerth_test/TestBase.java
index 79fd0da2..d801dd54 100644
--- a/tests/src/pokerth_test/TestBase.java
+++ b/tests/src/pokerth_test/TestBase.java
@@ -38,10 +38,14 @@ import pokerth_protocol.NetGameInfo.RaiseIntervalModeChoiceType;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.*;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
+import javax.crypto.Cipher;
+import javax.crypto.spec.IvParameterSpec;
+import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 
@@ -310,4 +314,34 @@ public abstract class TestBase {
 			fail("Received error: " + error.getValue().getErrorReason().getValue().toString());
 		}
 	}
+
+	public byte[] decryptCards(final String password, final byte[] ciphertext) throws Exception
+	{
+		/* compute key and initialization vector */
+		final MessageDigest shaDigest = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-1");
+		byte[] pw1 = password.getBytes("UTF-8");
+
+		byte[] keyHash1 = shaDigest.digest(pw1);
+		keyHash1 = shaDigest.digest(keyHash1);
+		byte[] pw2 = new byte[keyHash1.length + pw1.length];
+		System.arraycopy(keyHash1, 0, pw2, 0, keyHash1.length);
+		System.arraycopy(pw1, 0, pw2, keyHash1.length, pw1.length);
+		byte[] keyHash2 = shaDigest.digest(pw2);
+		keyHash2 = shaDigest.digest(keyHash2);
+
+		byte[] key = new byte[16];
+		System.arraycopy(keyHash1, 0, key, 0, key.length);
+		byte[] iv = new byte[16];
+		System.arraycopy(keyHash1, 16, iv, 0, 4);
+		System.arraycopy(keyHash2, 0, iv, 4, 12);
+
+		Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/NoPadding");
+
+		cipher.init(
+			Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE,
+			new SecretKeySpec(key, "AES"),
+			new IvParameterSpec(iv));
+
+		return cipher.doFinal(ciphertext);
+	}
 }