![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() #WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.Observation, 2/12 win a lot (when played normally) and 7 hardly wins.my board is somewhat warped, but doesn't impact play. We keep track of the winners to see how terrible our rolls defy the odds.If you are dealt a 2 or Q - too bad - you're screwed. Weirdly, we found that 2 & 12 win far more often than they should so we start them back one spot.and if they still win, it's a push and the entire pot is carried over.That way if the dead hand has a winning card, the dead hand's allocation is carried over to the next round. ![]() We deal a "dead hand" like in Tripoly.People win/lose in the $0 to $30 range in a few hours. A roll of 1 or 2 = $2 each, 3 or 4 = $3 each, 5 or 6 = $4 each. The game price is based on the person to the dealer's left who rolls on die. We're not high rollers when we play and we found the whole scratch thing made the game drag a bit so we just have a flat ante, of either $2, $3, or $4 per game.Once one horse is on the last hole we just roll one pair each until a winner if determined. Everybody gets two sets of dice (2 different colored pairs) and each person rolls 4 dice each unless a horse is "in the barn" (ala euchre - aka one spot from winning - I know it's really the opposite) which makes the games go faster.Also painted the helmets and horse saddles different colors, although not shown in the pic below. I painted my even number columns to make it easier to help the people moving the horses. This is a fun game, at times has more interest than poker. But then you could get in an unlikely funky spot of having, say, all winner cards in the dead hand.then what do you do? Just leave that money in the pot? Maybe 7 cards isn't so bad if playing 4-handed. Maybe you could deal a "dead hand" making it 5.6 cards each. Is that unmanageable? It seems like 4 or 5 would be better. 44 cards, so if you had only 4 people playing, 4 scratches, so 28 cards, so 7 cards each. If it's the last round, best poker hand of the winners also gets the dredges.Īlso I'm thinking of trying to come up with a "better way" to play with less people. This is important because getting dealt first is an advantage as you'll most likely get more cards than others.Ĥ. Per-game ante of only $0.25 per person.ģ. I don't have a good chipset yet, so this is going to be a mixed $0.25, and black $1.00 chips. And even taking zero percent of two decent pots, I was down less than $50 after those races.Ī couple things I'm planning, but I haven't tried this yet, so take it with plenty of salt grains.ġ. Don’t think many would find the game as fun at those prices.Īs an example, I got completely shut out of the first two races last night and had really bad luck rolling (hitting the $4 scratch several times). Playing for pennies would mean you’d invest 15 minutes to make a profit of like a dime or two. Losers are looking at an average loss of less than $20 per race, if you have more than 5 or so players. So winners are probably looking at a profit of like $10-20 with one card held, depending on how many players are in the game. And the winners each probably paid a bit into that pot. A quarter of the pot gets you like $25-35 most games. Given that the game takes 10-15 minutes and winners only take 1/4 pot per card held, I think going in dollar increments fits pretty comparably to playing in a $.50/1 type of game. Click to expand.Based on our experiences, paying $1/2/3/4 on scratched horses tends to build a pot of $100-150 most games. ![]()
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