MatchJack
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| Designer(s): Shardren | Match Type: MM (for 6 players) |
| Featured in: Shardren's Minecraft Genius: How to Adapt | |
Your tenth Main Match is MatchJack.
In this game players will be attempting to gain as many chips from hands as possible, while not running out of chips.
Both sets will have one game table, where collectively 1 deck is split between the two tables.
This deck consists of Red, Blue, Yellow, and Green cards.
Each color having 1 of each number, 1 through 11.
Each table also has 2 automated players.
The Main set has Alpha and Beta, the lost set has Gamma and Delta.
At the start of each hand, each player will get 2 cards, where one of them is face up for everyone to see.
Players will also bet an ante of 1 chip. (Players start with 20 chips)
Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Gamma are different however.
They will ante 1 chip, and bet nothing else for the duration of a hand.
Once everyone sees their hand, players will privately decide to stay, or fold.
If you choose to fold, you will take your two cards and move to go into the opposite set for the next hand.
for the duration of the hand, you'll wait in the hall between sets.
If you choose to stay you will do a second ante of another chip.
If you do fold, you may pay a fee of 5 garnets to avoid swapping sets, and stay.
For those that remain to play out the hand, play will begin with the most recent seat to win.
If not one chair is decided by this, the chair furthest to the left, dealer's side, will start.
Players have the option to Bet, Call, or Fold. (Standard Poker betting)
Reminder: The automated players will not take these actions
Afterwards, the top card in the deck will be flipped over face up.
Then in turn order, players will take 1 of 4 actions:
(The automated players will take these actions)
The first option being Hit
When you hit, you will give you an extra card from the top of the deck.
This card will be face up.
The next option is Swap
When you choose to swap, you will swap one of your cards with the face up card from the pile.
If you swap your face down card, it will become face up, and the card you just took will remain face up.
Next is Draw
If you draw, you will take the top card of the deck and replace one of your two cards.
The card this replaces will be the new face up card next to the deck.
The last action you can take is New Card
Your hand will not change when taking this action.
The only thing to happen is the top card of the deck becomes the new face up card.
After all actions are taken, one more round of betting occurs, then the dealer will reveal the hidden cards of the players that are still in the hand.
The player to have the best hand will win the pot.
In the case of a tie, the pot is split.
(If any of the automated players win, the chips are discarded)
Hands are ranked on the total number they add up to.
The higher number to a hand, the higher it is ranked.
If you go over 21 though, you will bust and cannot win the pot, with 1 exception.
If all of your cards match color, your total number on the cards will triple
If you go over 21 in this case, you will not bust, and beat any hand that is 20 and lower.
21 Will always be the best hand.
However, if you have matching cards that add to 21, that beats any normal 21.
Additionally, each automated player has a rule as to which action they take when selecting Hit, Swap, Draw, or New Card.
If you are able to correctly guess an automated players' rule, You will gain 3 garnets, as well as an additional 6 chips!
You may only make 1 guess in total each round, and you must state your guess out loud.
After 15 Hands, the player with the most chips let will be the winner of the Main Match and gain 2 CoLs
And the player with the least number of chips will be the EC and must select a DMO for the Death Match.
HOWEVER If anyone reaches 0 chips, they are immediately sent to the Death Match, and the Main Match will proceed until round 15, or until 1 player is left with chips remaining.
Extra Clarifications:
- After Hand 7, both antes raise by 1 chip, and after hand 13 it raises by one more. (Automated players will not follow the ante raise)
- Any split pot remainders will be discarded.
- Players have a maximum 3 minutes to decide on actions. If time is up, you auto-fold.
- If it is just 1 player and automated players, betting is not needed and will be skipped.
- After Hand 5 and 10, you will get 10 minutes of break/discussion time