Monte
November 5th, 2012 at 1:25:44 AM
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I was wondering about a game apparently popular in the nineteenth century, called "monte," basically faro/basset with suit rather than rank.
All I could find was the description of two versions in Wikipedia, a "Spanish" version, also described here, which seems blatantly countable unless the dealer were to flat-bet the whole table, and a "Mexican" version, which seems so obviously unfair (basically guessing the suit at 1:1) I can't imagine anyone playing it. Wikipedia mentions that in the former, the cards would be collected and shuffled every fifth hand (each hand is five cards and a burn), but even so, that seems more than enough.
All I could find was the description of two versions in Wikipedia, a "Spanish" version, also described here, which seems blatantly countable unless the dealer were to flat-bet the whole table, and a "Mexican" version, which seems so obviously unfair (basically guessing the suit at 1:1) I can't imagine anyone playing it. Wikipedia mentions that in the former, the cards would be collected and shuffled every fifth hand (each hand is five cards and a burn), but even so, that seems more than enough.
The trick to poker is learning not to beat yourself up for your mistakes too much, and certainly not too little, but just the right amount.
