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Thanks, Seth. You've got a smart cookie on your hands!! :-D "Seth Jackson" wrote in message ... If you win a war containing a joker and an ace or another joker, instead simply collecting the winnings randomly, you can collect them in an order that's advantageous to you the next time through the deck. More precisely, you pick up the joker first, then three small cards, then the ace. Now the deck is set up so that, next time through, you have a war that you are almost guaranteed to win. Since the joker is wild, you can give it any value you want. Next time it comes up, give it a value equal to your opponent's card. This creates a war. If you've followed the strategy, your deck has been set up so that you are guaranteed to turn up an ace as your top card in the war. Pretty clever, eh? I also use the same strategy in reverse when I want to lose the games on purpose. |
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On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 21:39:30 -0500, "Jennifer in Maryland"
wrote: Thanks, Seth. You've got a smart cookie on your hands!! :-D Thanks! I'm very proud of my little sweetie. "Seth Jackson" wrote in message .. . If you win a war containing a joker and an ace or another joker, instead simply collecting the winnings randomly, you can collect them in an order that's advantageous to you the next time through the deck. More precisely, you pick up the joker first, then three small cards, then the ace. Now the deck is set up so that, next time through, you have a war that you are almost guaranteed to win. Since the joker is wild, you can give it any value you want. Next time it comes up, give it a value equal to your opponent's card. This creates a war. If you've followed the strategy, your deck has been set up so that you are guaranteed to turn up an ace as your top card in the war. Pretty clever, eh? I also use the same strategy in reverse when I want to lose the games on purpose. -- -Seth Jackson, proud father of Derek and Mariel(10/1/99). Pictures at: http://hitmeister.home.mindspring.co...ypictures.html Music links: www.mp3.com/SethJackson www.mp3.com/loudspeaker www.SethJackson.net |
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