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The Mighty Fool Inner circle I feel like a big-top tent having 2140 Posts |
Tell ya what...let's play one hand of five-card draw. Only, we'll play face-up. That is, we can see each other's cards. There are no wild cards and suits have no ranks.
You can pick your cards first. What? You want ME to pick first? ******here we come to question #1: should you go first or should you let your opponent go first?*****
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Dale A. Hildebrandt Special user 637 Posts |
Question #1 depends on the assumptions made by the mark. It is advantageous to actually go first. That is if you know the strategy to the game. Otherwise, you can have the other person go first and they will draw to a Royal Flush which you will tie. You can then play the game again and go first and using the proper strategy eliminate their possibility of a Royal flush. FACE UP POKER is one of my favorite go-to gambling puzzles/presentations.
Harry Anderson teaches it in one of his for-the-public books. I am guessing since you said we are only playing one hand and you are going first, it is completely in your advantage to go first...but, then we don't get a double-or-nothing scenario and that surprised look when they realize they're locked out of the poker hands that could beat you no matter what they do. I performed this for some people a couple months ago, and a math professor type kept trying to figure out ways to overcome the gambler's advantage. The only way is to know the strategy and go first. Sincerely, Dale A. Hildebrandt |
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True that.
Okay, we'll assume I go first since that's whats happened every time I've ever done this. I'm going to take all 4 tens, with a King-of-hearts kicker. *****question #2: What hand should you take? (I seem to aiming rather LOW don't I?)*****
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DelMagic Special user 719 Posts |
Your average spectator would take 4-aces and a king. Your best hand after discarding four cards and drawing four more cards would be a 10-high straight flush. The opponent cannot beat or match that.
Even with a skilled opponent, the best hand possible is a 9-high straight flush. |
The Mighty Fool Inner circle I feel like a big-top tent having 2140 Posts |
Close....
Yes, most (in fact, so far nearly all) specs would take four aces and a king. Now, since I don't have an ace, I can only trade out 3 cards, so I get rid of 3 tens and take the 9, jack, and queen of hearts, giving me a straight-flush to the king!
Everybody wants to beleive.....we just help them along.
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DelMagic Special user 719 Posts |
I never heard about the restriction on discards being 3 if you don't have an ace. I looked it up online and it is obviously a common rule, but I think it is far from universally applied. I am not a poker player, but I've been played poker for fun for over 40 years and have never played that way. You will need to make sure the other party will be playing under the same assumptions.
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