• Takumidesh@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As the game goes on, the poker hands also get increasingly unrealistic and different from real poker including things like five of a kind, and a pair being worth more than a royal flush.

    If you tried to take the skills you learn from balatro to a poker table you would get kicked out basically immediately.

    • Stern@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I place a torn up joker on the table, a tarot card, a llanowar elf card, and a pair of threes

      “So with my score multiplier basically I own the casino.”

      The dealer frantically calls security

      • Nikelui@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        “I’m sorry, the Llanowar Elves are banned, you should keep up with the meta” Activates the Pot of Greed and draw two.

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      1 year ago

      “Sir, you can’t bring stone slabs to the table and play them as if they were cards. Also, where did these glass shards come from?”

    • Wahots@pawb.social
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      1 year ago

      I’ve never gambled, but I’m pretty sure if I got 1.630e11 chips at a casino, something bad would happen to me, the casino, and the economy if I cashed it out. I think that’s 84 billion chips…