jeeze I suck at this game....

[c.camacho]

how on earth do you get a decent run togther, I think the best I've done is 5-6 rounds (or what ever you call 3 goes to the big ante)

ironically if I had the sorts of hands I regularly get playing actual poker, I'd never need to work again!

I don't often earn much more around 8k per hand, and thats when I have buffed with planets and with multiple joker interactions, so I just don't seem to be getting this game

I looked on line for tutorials, but after about the third hand or so they are doing way better than I can even hope to achieve, so I'm just lost with this...

Is there an easy mode, or even at least some way I can experiment with different card / joker orders so I can at least get some idea of how this all works ?

[VAL]

There's no one way to win the game- you need to experiment to find your flow.
I just unlocked gold stake difficulty which is to say I beat the game several times now on increasing difficulty.

My way of going about it is like this:
- I restart my ante 1 runs until I see a +10 modifier in the 'skip round' options. This is a massive help since it helps you clear all through ante 4 easily and rack up money. Mainly, you need to get multiplier or chips jokers early on.
- Your jokers define your hands so I don't purchase celestials until I have a few jokers and a clearer picture of how to build my deck/use it. The +10 multiplier modifier makes building a deck a breeze ante 2-4.
- Once I have at least 2 + multiplier modifiers, I try to get a x multiplier and +chips jokers. Multiplier multiplication is great, but those numbers /really/ stack up when you have additional chips and in late game that is the true purpose of getting celestials.
- The few purchases I always commit to are additional hands, additional cards in hand, extra discards, spectral packs.
- For arcane packs, I find that doubling $ and summoning random jokers is the most effective. The shop has randomized jokers but the arcane pack typically gives me better odds. I would beware the tarot card that gives 1/4 chance to modify a joker, it's been giving me abysmal odds.

I also try to stack up at least three x multiplier jokers. My last run where I had max ~600k hands had [+18 mult] [+4 mult per clubs, x1.5] [x3.25] [x3.25] [x2, + 50 chips]

I would caution against trying to play difficult hands. I've had a lot of success just running two pairs and flushes.

[Arkabed]

Yup, unless you are playing at Orange or Gold Stake, you really do not need to restart your ante one, you can win most games up to that stake.

[malogoss]

Saying "I suck at this game" is much more realistic and grounded than saying "this game is a RNG $h1tshow". You'll improve a lot faster by spotting your weaknesses than by wishing that the next shop offers you what would be the top joker you are wishing for and crying about it when it doesn't.

I believe in you! Let's go!

[Game Judge James]

I'm mad about the game; I just feel like "cheating" by rerolling hundreds of times takes all the skill out of learning how to play. I mean, I guess for some maybe this game is harder to pick up than others--but why would you play a game you don't understand, just to say you won? Is winning by rerolling teaching them the game mechanics? Again, just sounds counterproductive. If that makes me "mad," then well yeah I guess I'm angrier than Titan himself....

Am I made you made it to gold stake difficulty? You volunteered that information yourself so uhh, yeah. No logical sense in your argument there, at all. I could care less if you are World Balatro Supreme. Play on, card shark. You do you.

[泡菜鱼大哥]

good

[VAL]

Originally posted by Game Judge James:

I'm mad about the game; I just feel like "cheating" by rerolling hundreds of times takes all the skill out of learning how to play. I mean, I guess for some maybe this game is harder to pick up than others--but why would you play a game you don't understand, just to say you won? Is winning by rerolling teaching them the game mechanics? Again, just sounds counterproductive. If that makes me "mad," then well yeah I guess I'm angrier than Titan himself....

Am I made you made it to gold stake difficulty? You volunteered that information yourself so uhh, yeah. No logical sense in your argument there, at all. I could care less if you are World Balatro Supreme. Play on, card shark. You do you.

??? its literally the ante one reroll, you are insane if you consider that to be cheating. Seriously, you're bursting your veins over something silly you 'difficulty purist.' Go punch your monitor or something some of us like to have fun.

[3am]

I think starting with a +10 modifier is a good idea. Not sure why anybody takes that personally. It can happen organically or the player can choose to cycle through the possible starting scenarios until they get the start they enjoy. I may start doing this myself. There’s enough RNG in the game that I see no problem with the player controlling the one thing they can control- the starting point.

[snakeskip]

Originally posted by c.camacho:

how on earth do you get a decent run togther, I think the best I've done is 5-6 rounds (or what ever you call 3 goes to the big ante)

Check out Balatro University:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atVF4VLHks4

Restarting is counterproductive to learning the game. I wouldn't recommend it if you're still struggling with lower stakes. It just might turn the game into a boring grind against RNG. And it's not needed to beat the game on highest stakes either.

The game can be quite unforgiving to early game mistakes. And it's not necessarily easy to see how to get going. Once you learn how to handle the beginning, restarting for some skip bonuses on lower stakes makes no sense. Usually you're better off playing the first blinds instead off skipping them.