But would the straight flush take priority since it’s a higher scoring hand or how is it chosen? I assume a straight flush doesn’t check for a straight and a flush.
So not all cards of the straight need to be flush to be counted as a straight flush so long as there is another flush in the played hand according to Balatro’s scoring?
Yes, exactly as you’ve described. The specific combination of Jokers here is making things confusing (and that’s the point of the meme). Try taking each issue individually:
Straight can be made with a card gap. So A Q J 9 7 counts as a straight. So the hand will at least be a straight and all 5 cards will score on this basis.
Flush can be made with 4 cards; and spades/clubs count as the same suit. Q J 9 7 count as the same suit and are enough to make a flush. Even though the ace doesn’t count towards the flush, it will still count as the straight. If there was no ace then the hand would still be a straight flush.
The way the game scores is tricky sometimes. It gets particularly annoying when I’ve levelled up flush and my hand also happens to contain 3 of a kind. Then the game counts it as a 3 of a kind instead and counts much lower chips/multiplier.
Sorry, I misspoke. It’s still scored because if either set is 4 or 5 cards, it’s scored.
You can have a straight on one end and a flush on the other end, and as long as at least 4 cards are in either set, it’s still a straight flush. And all cards that work with either set counts in scoring.
It’s because the hand joker card there allows straights and flushes to be made with 4 cards, so the 4 black suited cards make a flush, and the gapped sequence makes a straight, since both hands are made together it counts as straight flush. You can ignore the ace. It can get weirder because you can make a 4 card straight and toss another card unrelated but with the same suit as 3 of the straight cards and it still counts as straight flush.
I’ve not played Balatro. I can see how three wildcards could turn this into a straight or a flush, but not a straight flush. How?
I don’t know jokers by sight yet, but there’s one that lets you do straights with gaps… So 2, 4, 5, 7, 9
Another that counts hearts and diamond as same as club and spade as same.
3rd allows straights and flushes to be played with 4 cards.so 7, 9, J , Q.
8 is a skip, 10 is a skip. Ok’d by jokers. Ace isn’t counted in scoring or hand.
Ace will get counted as part of the straight.
But would the straight flush take priority since it’s a higher scoring hand or how is it chosen? I assume a straight flush doesn’t check for a straight and a flush.
All 5 cards will be counted in the straight flush. It’s a straight (with one card gaps) and a flush (with 4 of the “same” suit).
So not all cards of the straight need to be flush to be counted as a straight flush so long as there is another flush in the played hand according to Balatro’s scoring?
Yes, exactly as you’ve described. The specific combination of Jokers here is making things confusing (and that’s the point of the meme). Try taking each issue individually:
Straight can be made with a card gap. So A Q J 9 7 counts as a straight. So the hand will at least be a straight and all 5 cards will score on this basis.
Flush can be made with 4 cards; and spades/clubs count as the same suit. Q J 9 7 count as the same suit and are enough to make a flush. Even though the ace doesn’t count towards the flush, it will still count as the straight. If there was no ace then the hand would still be a straight flush.
The way the game scores is tricky sometimes. It gets particularly annoying when I’ve levelled up flush and my hand also happens to contain 3 of a kind. Then the game counts it as a 3 of a kind instead and counts much lower chips/multiplier.
The ace isn’t scored here, but even if it was, if you had 4/5th of a straight and 4/5th of a flush, it’s still a “straight flush”.
In other words, if the 7 of Clubs was actually a 2 of Clubs, it still counts.
Pretty sure the ace is actually scored as part of a five card straight here, skipping the K, 10, 8.
Yeah I was tired when I wrote that original comment.
There’s the
7-9-J-Qfour card straight flushThere’s also the
A-Q-J-9straight, but I think it doesn’t count as a straight flush.I dunno, I am always pleasantly surprised when things are actually straight flushes with those two jokers
Sorry, I misspoke. It’s still scored because if either set is 4 or 5 cards, it’s scored.
You can have a straight on one end and a flush on the other end, and as long as at least 4 cards are in either set, it’s still a straight flush. And all cards that work with either set counts in scoring.
It’s because the hand joker card there allows straights and flushes to be made with 4 cards, so the 4 black suited cards make a flush, and the gapped sequence makes a straight, since both hands are made together it counts as straight flush. You can ignore the ace. It can get weirder because you can make a 4 card straight and toss another card unrelated but with the same suit as 3 of the straight cards and it still counts as straight flush.