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A secret poker game you can play on the subway

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298 points oktcho | 2 comments | 18 Feb 25 10:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.496s | source
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ZoomZoomZoom ◴[19 Feb 25 17:39 UTC] No.43104905[source]▶
The most obvious issues with this is that the game boils down to predicting passenger patterns, but you're still just comparing two RNGs, which is one of the worst kinds of games. I also don't think this can be called Poker, really. Poker is an imperfect information game, where your hand tells you some information about your opponents' hands.

It would be interesting to read HN's ideas on how you can simulate the shared information part of the game in such a scenario.

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1. movedx ◴[19 Feb 25 23:34 UTC] No.43109196[source]▶
The other day I was playing a game that let me project fire from my finger tips and fly. It was a lot of fun, but in reality it made no logical sense...

> The most obvious issues with...

... your comment is that you're trying to analyse everything instead of just having fun. Not everything is a math' problem. It's OK to have fun things that don't make sense. I don't think the author is trying to create a perfect gaming experience. I think the author is just trying to have fun.

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2. ZoomZoomZoom ◴[20 Feb 25 00:08 UTC] No.43109490[source]▶
I'm just pondering on how to change the game so it becomes more fun for me. Coincidentally, I know I can have a great time playing a game commonly known as Poker, so it's natural to compare the two.

I also expect HN to have lots more people interested in game theory and game design than any random place so it seemed appropriate to share and invite people to throw ideas about (which is also kind of fun).

Let's have fun any way we can!