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 Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 11:21 pm Post subject: 41 |
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Originally posted by vinny in reply 2:
What was the "what if..." that Minotaur was talking about?
Why are people talking about me behind my back?  |
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Courk
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 9:49 pm Post subject: 42 |
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Because we don't like you and we're trying to get you to leave?  |
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CrystyB
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 5:13 am Post subject: 43 |
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Now that i've reread the 'answer', i saw this:
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| Note: It has been pointed out that the hustle as described in Harry Anderson's book did not use the rule prohibiting discarding four cards unless the card being kept is an ace (standard though it may be). Without this rule, there is a winning hand for the first player, that being a hand containing four tens (this hand can be extended into a straight flush in whatever direction is left open by the second player, guaranteeing at least a ten-high straight flush, while the second player can only get a nine-high straight flush). |
Would anyone care to explain a bit?  |
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What if...
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 6:28 pm Post subject: 44 |
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In actual five card draw, you are not allowed to discard four cards unless you plan on keeping an Ace. So if you had a 3, 5, 8, Jack, Ace, and you wanted (for some reason) to get rid of four cards, you could discard the first four, but you could not keep only the Jack or just the 5. Without this rule there is no combination of cards your opponent draws which can prevent you from getting a straight flush on the second hand if you have four tens, and since you had the tens, your opponent can't have a straight flush higher than a nine-high flush. With the four-discard rule, though, you cannot keep just one ten and grab a straight because you have to have either two of the cards you will have next turn already in your hand, or have an Ace you want to keep. Needing your fifth card to be in the straight you want to use later makes it easy for your opponent to block your straight.
Courk: I would have said something like that, but it would have been more like:
Because we hate you  .
Of course then it would be harder to tell if it was a joke.
And by the way, I'm not leaving for at least 20 seconds.
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O.K., so how did I screw up this time?
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ralphmerridew
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 10:14 pm Post subject: 45 |
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| Wonko, the first player could get a draw in that case by going to a five-high straight flush. |
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CrystyB
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 5:09 am Post subject: 46 |
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| what? Are all straight flushes equal, no matter the leading card?? |
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Bicho the Inhaler
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 4:31 pm Post subject: 47 |
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| Straight flushes are ranked by the highest card in the hand. The royal flush is actually just an ace-high straight flush. (It probably has its own name just by virtue of being the best hand in the game.) A five-high straight flush loses to any straight flush that contains a ten. |
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