But that's only if you want to consider a "natural" Royal Flush a different hand than a "non-natural" one and if you want to consider a royal flush a different hand than a straight flush, neither of which I can see a compelling reason to do.
Did you know there are only 8 possible straight flushes that contain a deuce while there are 20 straight flushes that contain a 7? Getting a straight flush that contains a 7 is therefore much more likely than getting one that contains a deuce. So should we then consider straight flushes with a deuce to rank higher than those containing a 7? We can go on all day making arbitrary distinctions to change the value of hands based on probability.
But that's only if you want to consider a "natural" Royal Flush a different hand than a "non-natural" one and if you want to consider a royal flush a different hand than a straight flush, neither of which I can see a compelling reason to do.
Did you know there are only 8 possible straight flushes that contain a deuce while there are 20 straight flushes that contain a 7? Getting a straight flush that contains a 7 is therefore much more likely than getting one that contains a deuce. So should we then consider straight flushes with a deuce to rank higher than those containing a 7? We can go on all day making arbitrary distinctions to change the value of hands based on probability.
My favorite is an Ace high flush is the most common flush - 7 high the least common.
But that's only if you want to consider a "natural" Royal Flush a different hand than a "non-natural" one and if you want to consider a royal flush a different hand than a straight flush, neither of which I can see a compelling reason to do.
Did you know there are only 8 possible straight flushes that contain a deuce while there are 20 straight flushes that contain a 7? Getting a straight flush that contains a 7 is therefore much more likely than getting one that contains a deuce. So should we then consider straight flushes with a deuce to rank higher than those containing a 7? We can go on all day making arbitrary distinctions to change the value of hands based on probability.
and for the reasons you mentioned above, it is simply easier to treat all hands equally whether they have wild cards or not
My objection is that if we're going to start calling 5oaC a hand, we might as well start quantifying other things that might happen. A short-straight beats one-pair and a wrap-straight (QKA23) beats three of a kind...
There's a hand ranking, and it generally doesn't include 5oaC.
Better answer: Quantify what your wildcards can and can't do and the order of hands before starting a game -- and your arbitrary solution is just as good as any other, since all of your players will be operating on equal footing (at least as far as the rules go).
Two Plus Two
(obvs no wildcards, playing on stars)
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