Did she really say that? (CTTS)

Thanks, Seth. You've got a smart cookie on your hands!! :-D


"Seth Jackson" wrote in message
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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.

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.


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