Re: [DL] 5 Deck of Cards

["Leybourne, Brian" <Brian.Leybourne@airnz.co.nz>]

> >Thirteen Cards in Five Suits = 65 Cards + 2 Jokers = 67 Cards
> >What about Adding 1 or 2 more Jokers to Bring the Total to 
> 68 or 69 Cards? If
> >so, what would be the effect of these Joker's (Ghoull?) and 
> 3 or 4 Jokers in a Draw Hand?
> 
> Well - for one thing, the odds of making a poker hand drop 
> drastically, 

Can you justify this one? I have been thinking through the math, and have
not convinced myself either way yet, but I can't see how it would affect the
odds that much really.  Jokers aside, you have more cards to pick from,
which offsets the increased chance of getting a particular ranked card; as
far as I can see, the odds should stay about the same (in a 1 suit deck,
there's a 1/13 chance of getting a 7, in a 4 or 5 suit deck, there is
exactly the same chance, surely?) You have less chance of getting flushes,
since there are 5 suits, but the chance of pairs, three of a kinds,
straights, etc shouldn't change, so (IMHO) only flushes and royal flushes
are affected. Yes? No?

I'm not moaning at you - genuinely keen on hearing your reasoning (it's
probably stronger than mine)

2 extra jokers is way too many, I agree with you there, but one extra sounds
good, and I like your gray joker idea.

Brian "enlighten me, oh master" Leybourne.

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