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Originally Posted by ITryDeuces
Sometimes, the most precious stones can be found among dust, soil and rocks.
in all seriousness, i'm very supportive of your work to try to develop new games of poker
i think it would be really awesome if you invented a new variant that became popular
but... in your quest to find a unique spin, you make the games unplayable
every game you design requires the players to be absolutely braindead in order to consider playing
you continually design games where the optimal strategy is not to play - your other game made it not about raising and calling but rather about making unmatched donations - thus no player would ever voluntarily be the sole person to add chips to a pot, even if they win the pot, it still doesn't benefit them, they are only getting their chips back
now you have a new game where people can cancel the entire hand and get refunded at any point in the play, which means anyone in the blinds will cancel the second they get a bad hand, or anyone folding on river (there will never be a call on the river, only betting or folding and no bluffs would ever be made in this game) so then the player who folds could just say "i don't agree" and the hand gets canceled and all refunds are given
in your quest to come up with a new variant, you make the games unplayable, you're thinking too much about "what would be an interesting new aspect of the game" when you should be thinking "would any intelligent person ever play this game?"