Interrobang!?
04-14-2003, 11:39 AM
If you created a deck of cards that featured a new, fifth suit (say, Potions) and a full run of 13 cards (ace through king) of that suit, what effect would it have on regular poker hands? Would the hierarchy of winning hands have to be changed because the odds of making those hands changed?
Assume that, whatever variation of poker you're playing, the rules remain the same -- 5-card draw still gives each player 5 cards, etc. And, as usual, the suits themselves have no rank (hearts doesn't beat spades, for example), so potions could be either red or black.
I'd guess that flushes would become more difficult to achieve, and that hands involving pairs and threes of a kind would become a bit easier to achieve. A full house would be less powerful. And where would five of a kind rank?
Assume that, whatever variation of poker you're playing, the rules remain the same -- 5-card draw still gives each player 5 cards, etc. And, as usual, the suits themselves have no rank (hearts doesn't beat spades, for example), so potions could be either red or black.
I'd guess that flushes would become more difficult to achieve, and that hands involving pairs and threes of a kind would become a bit easier to achieve. A full house would be less powerful. And where would five of a kind rank?