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Originally Posted by League
I cheat in poker to my reasonable success: maybe stopping to figure the odds is a falacy for you, and a great mistake for me, who knows?
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I've broken every one of the "rules" in that guide. I also like to cheat at poker occasionally too. I just realize that it's for fun, since on average, that card is worth 500 gold in blackjack. When I cheat at poker, I average a lot less (smaller pots, getting caught more often, etc.)
I'll also admit that I don't have as much patience with poker, especially when I'm trying to get enough gold for that war ship I have my eye on. I tend to play poker more for a little down time from sailing and fighting.
I don't think cheating at poker is "a great mistake." I just think you get less gold per card, on average. If your goal for playing is to get gold, play blackjack. If your goal for playing is to have fun and play a game, play poker. I think blackjack can get EXTREMELY frustrating if you are not cheating, since the dealer probably is. You just watch your hard-earned gold go bye-bye. I guess that's why I wrote the guide, to help people not get so frustrated when playing blackjack. You can break any of the rules I suggested and still make a lot of gold, but each rule helps a little bit, and together they help a lot.
I think someone should write a guide for poker. I slipped in a couple poker tips in the blackjack guide, and some of the stuff I wrote applies to poker as well as blackjack, but I don't think I've learned enough to write a comprehensive guide. Fortunately, there's already a lot of good stuff on this site.
Mantaray