I never played poker nor do i know how to play it?

[CHESS]

Is this something I can play?

[Bilgot the Heartless]

You don't need to know how to play poker to play Balatro. Balatro is about playing "poker hands" and game explains what they are, you can click "run info" during game and you will know what cards you should play.

[DizzyChimera]

Yes. Poker is a pretty simple game, and this mainly works by poker scoring - there's no betting or bluffing involved, just trying to earn points with poker hands. The game provides a list of hands and how much each is worth if you don't already know.

[DizzyChimera]

Darn, been a while since I got ninja'd on forums. Takes me back.

[CHESS]

Originally posted by snowboundCabin:

Darn, been a while since I got ninja'd on forums. Takes me back.

Lol what

[CHESS]

Originally posted by snowboundCabin:

Yes. Poker is a pretty simple game, and this mainly works by poker scoring - there's no betting or bluffing involved, just trying to earn points with poker hands. The game provides a list of hands and how much each is worth if you don't already know.

Good I'm gonna try it.

[Vyrtualis]

Poker isn't a game about rules as much as it is about probability, bluffs and reading people. The first skill will help somewhat, but the other two do not apply to Balatro. Really all you need to know is some simple Poker terminology, such as hand types. Past that, Balatro is it's own thing.

[The Aegis]

Originally posted by CHESS:

Is this something I can play?

I came to ask this too, never played. Poker, absolutely don’t know anything about it, but its answered here so thanks :) I’ll pick it up and see what all the reviews about

[Goblin]

Required skills: discerning when things are the same color, being able to count to 14, and recognizing when up to 5 things are the same.
You may not be good at it if you don't also understand some simple math (multiply after adding = bigger number than adding after multiplying), and some basics about probabilities. But I'm pretty sure most people can figure those things out if they try.