Let\u2019s start with the penalties to the JT<\/em><\/strong>. If there\u2019s a flush penalty to the JT<\/em><\/strong>, or an 8 straight penalty, or a 9 straight penalty, we always hold the A by itself — no matter how severely the A is penalized. We do not consider either a king (K) or queen (Q) to be straight penalties to the JT<\/em><\/strong> for the purposes of this line in the strategy because that would turn the hand into a higher-ranking 4-card inside straight hand. Neither do we include straight flush penalties to the JT<\/em><\/strong> because any of them (a suited 7, 8 , or 9) would create a 3-card straight flush combination that is much higher in value than a solitary A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now let\u2019s look at the JT<\/em><\/strong> with a 7 straight penalty. We hold the A by itself unless there are two other cards in the hand suited with the A. Given that there are only five cards in the hand, and we already know we have an A, J, and T, if there is a 7 penalty and there must be two cards suited with the A, the 7 itself must be one of those two cards. The fifth card could be a flush penalty (a suited 6), a straight flush penalty (a suited 5), or a straight flush kicker penalty (a suited 2, 3, or 4.) The last two examples below show the 7 penalty with only one penalty suited with the A, and that penalty is as severe as it can be. In example i, there is one straight flush kicker penalty, and in example j there\u2019s a flush penalty and a kicker penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only situation we\u2019ve not covered so far is when the JT<\/em><\/strong> has no flush penalty, straight flush penalty, and no straight penalty. It stands to reason that we hold the JT<\/em><\/strong> more often in this case. And we do, unless there are one or more cards in the hand suited with the A. Without the A being penalized with some kind of flush card, even with two of the most severe kicker penalties, we hold the A<\/span> by itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although I didn\u2019t show examples, it should stand to reason that if one flush penalty to the A is sufficient to have you hold the JT<\/em><\/strong>, two such flush penalties should make JT<\/em><\/strong> > A by an even wider margin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You might be wondering why I\u2019m calling a 2, 3, or 4 a kicker penalty or a straight flush kicker penalty (depending on whether or not it is suited with the A), even though there are no kickers in this game. Liam W. Daily and I devised the symbols \u201ckp\u201d and \u201csfkp\u201d to describe these cards in our Double Double Bonus strategy card and Winner\u2019s Guide<\/em>. The reason I use the same term here is that the presence of the exact same cards (namely a 2, 3, and 4) lower the value of holding the A by itself. How? Each one of those cards dealt and not held eliminates the possibility of a 600-coin quad jackpot. If one of these \u201ckickers\u201d is suited with the So far, I\u2019ve given you, in words, the exact strategy for these hands. On my personal strategy card, published here for the first time, I use a more compact notation. Here is what I use:<\/p>\n\n\n\n A (< JT<\/em><\/strong> with neither sp nor fp when fp or worse) <\/p>\n\n\n\n (< JT<\/em><\/strong> with {7p and no fp} when two fp or worse)<\/p>\n\n\n\n As always in my notation, the term \u201cwith\u201d refers to what is inside the parentheses (in this case, the JT<\/em><\/strong>) and the term \u201cwhen\u201d refers to what is outside the parentheses (in this case, the A). The letter \u201ci\u201d in the word \u201cwith\u201d is a mnemonic device for the start of The term \u201cfp or worse\u201d means fp or sfp or sfkp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notice the strategy doesn\u2019t refer to either an 8p or 9p, and my explanation here starts from there. Those are two of the three possible straight penalties. If I mentioned them specifically, I would have had to say ({8p or 9p} and\/or fp). While I considered that, I found that more confusing than the way I wrote it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please note that this is a game most of my readers don\u2019t have access to for stakes they want to play and goes into greater detail than most of my readers want to go into. I wrote it because now if someone posts \u201cNerd Alert,\u201d I feel like I have earned it! Whether they intended it as a compliment or not!<\/p>\n A few weeks ago, I discussed the taxonomy of 3-card straight flushes. The first comment after it was published was \u201cDork Alert!\u201d I assumed that I was being called a dork by someone who didn\u2019t like the column. I was such a dork that I didn\u2019t even know the meaning of dork! By the time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The Use of \u201cfp or worse\u201d in Strategies by Bob Dancer","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[29,2],"tags":[428,196],"yoast_head":"\nA<\/s>, it also eliminates the possibility of a 500-coin straight flush jackpot.<\/p>\n\n\n\nthe<\/s> \u201cinternal\u201d — specifically internal to the parentheses. 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