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   by splonk 10y ago

   Jokers are actually used in occasional uncommonly played poker games (certain variants of 5 card draw). For the most part those games haven't been played much in public card rooms since 10-20 years ago but you can occasionally come ac
2. 272.▲
   by splonk 11y ago

   IIRC it was the bug that allows you to pass through ghosts. I vaguely recall learning about it because of something the author wrote when this was released. Apparently speedrunners and the like have memorized patterns that exploit this if
3. 273.▲
   by splonk 12y ago

   Parent is talking only about 2 player tournaments - that's what the "heads up" part of the description means.
4. 274.▲
   by splonk 12y ago

   2 player fixed limit is not solved, but the best in class are generally considered to be better than the best human players and likely have been for several years. I'm not up to date on the general consensus on the state of 2 player no
5. 275.▲
   by splonk 12y ago

   Without double checking your math, I'm pretty sure the significant error in your conclusion here is modeling the games he's playing as coin flipping with even payouts. The specific game he's playing is actually dropping a per
6. 276.▲
   by splonk 13y ago

   There are, in fact, compelling legal reasons to not launch products involving user generated content for local businesses in other countries. At a bare minimum, your liability for libelous reviews is different in each country and dealing w