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LawDude
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04-24-2009, 11:27 PM
Post subject: fun trivia question
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I thought of this while playing my cell phone's video poker application. And yes, it has something to do with hold 'em (in that if you think about a specific aspect of hold 'em strategy, you should get the answer easily).
You are at a video poker machine in Las Vegas. It plays 5 card draw, no jokers, and features the standard payout (i.e., the lowest winning hand is a pair of "Jacks or better", with progressively higher payouts for better hands).
The hand you are dealt is A J 8 6 3 rainbow.
What card(s) you you discard and what card(s) do you keep, and why?
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HarleyGuy13
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I hate vido poker machines!
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"You start the game with a full pot o’ luck and an empty pot o’ experience...
The object is to fill the pot of experience before you empty the pot of luck."
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grnydrowave2
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Since when does video poker feature 5-suit decks?
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<SrslySirius> Hal Lubarsky, my nemesis.
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connectthesuitors
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by grnydrowave2
Since when does video poker feature 5-suit decks?
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LawDude
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Originally Posted by grnydrowave2
Since when does video poker feature 5-suit decks?
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Rainbow in the sense of no more than 2 cards of any suit.
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JKDS
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i dont get it. hows i too calculate teh eevees ifn i dont haz da risk or da reward?
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But no, jkds is lolvillager and anyone who wants to string him up is sighbad.
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Parasurama
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Off the top of my head I would say just keep the J and discard all the others
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WAITRESS!
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LawDude
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Originally Posted by Parasurama
Off the top of my head I would say just keep the J and discard all the others
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This is correct. An ace isn't worth any more than a Jack as far as a pair is concerned-- but, a Jack is a better card to keep because it can form more straights.
The reason why this is relevant to hold 'em is because it's the same principle that makes mid-level suited connectors valuable hands in hold 'em. You can form the maximum number of straights with them.
Spenda's response was good too, of course.
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T-Rex
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T-Rex
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throw everything but the ace.....whats the answer!?!
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