Shaft your neighbor card game

Let's call the first player to act player 1 and the second player to act player 2. If player 1 swtiches, player 2 should obviously switch with the dummy if he got a worse card. However, if player 1 stood, then player 2 has a decision to make. The following are the four plausible outcomes of good players. If player 1 switches with 6 or less, and player 2 switches with 7 or less, then player 1 will have a probability of winning of If player 1 switches with 6 or less, and player 2 switches with 8 or less, then player 1 will have a probability of winning of If player 1 switches with 7 or less, and player 2 switches with 7 or less, then player 1 will have a probability of winning of If player 1 switches with 7 or less, and player 2 switches with 8 or less, then player 1 will have a probability of winning of So, if player 1 switches with 6 or less, player 2 should switch with 7 or less.

However, if player 2 switches with 7 or less, player 1 should switch with 7 or less. However, if player 1 switches with 7 or less, player 2 should switch with 8 or less. If player 2 switches with 8 or less, player 1 should switch with 7 or less. If player 2 switches with 8 or less, then player 1 should switch with 6 or less.

And around and around it goes. It becomes similar to a game of rock paper scissors. If at least one player follows this strategy, then player 1 will have a probability of winning of If either player were to deviate from this strategy, the other player might pick up on it and exploit it in the future. I show a solution to a similar game theory problem in my MathProblems. She decides to take a card from the deck.

When the cards were all revealed, Tom had a 6, John had a 4, and Maria had a Queen. Therefore, John lost this round and had to put a chip in the middle. This scenario involves four people. Rachel looks at her card and finds a 9. She cannot trade it since Michael has a King card. The player next to Michael, Gina, has an 8 and decides to keep it. The dealer, Joeline, has an 8 and decides to keep it as well. When the cards were revealed, two players came in a tie and according to the rules, the player closest to the dealer on the left loses, therefore, Gina was the loser.

First deal each player one card. Then every player should look at his card. If you have a king, immediately turn it over. The player to the left of the dealer goes first. This person can swap their cards with the person on their left, or say pass.

At the end the dealer can swap with the top card of the remaining deck, or pass. At the end of the round, all players flip their card, and the lowest card lose. The Screw Your Neighbor card game — Introduction. Getting flauxbammed will result in laughter all around the table. The player on the receiving end of the flauxbam is now stuck with their generally low-ranking card.

As the last player to act, if the Dealer wishes to trade his card, he trades with the top card remaining on the deck. If this card is a King, the deck has essentially flauxbammed the Dealer, and he is stuck with the card that he tried to trade.

Once the Dealer has resolved his card, everyone exposes their card to everyone at the table. The player with the lowest-ranked card each hand must push one of their piles of coins into the pot. Suits have no bearing in breaking ties -- all players sharing the same lowest rank must push in a pile. He may either stay with the card in his hand or take the top card of the unused deck. Turn over your card to reveal its rank.

The lowest card throws a coin in the pot. If two people tie for lowest card, both players throw in a coin. Play until only one player is left. Players are eliminated when they lose all their coins.

The remaining player wins the pot.