Rank Values
March 9th, 2011 at 6:59:12 PM
permalink
Thanks for the interesting read on Pai Gow tile values in Ask The Wizard #269. It got me to thinking if the same analysis could be applied to the 13 ranks in a standard deck of cards, and the joker in Pai Gow Poker.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - Leonardo da Vinci
March 9th, 2011 at 7:25:00 PM
permalink
Sure it can. It's the same general idea behind hole carding or card counting, too -- each specific rank has a particular value relative to the sort of hands you're trying to make. In the case of blackjack, knowing that some of the cards are not present means subsequent hands have changed EV slightly.
"In my own case, when it seemed to me after a long illness that death was close at hand, I found no little solace in playing constantly at dice."
-- Girolamo Cardano, 1563
