More evidence of how goody-two-shoes the crew is, they never cheat. These are people who would die to not kill someone who is trying to murder them. Intentional and great world building.
Geordi outright told them he looks at the cards, but only after the hand is over. I would still argue that counts as cheating since it lets him get a better idea for when the others are bluffing.
Data should pretty much never lose though. Someone over at reddit Daystrum Institute has done several write ups of why the poker doesn’t make any sense most of the times we see it
More evidence of how goody-two-shoes the crew is, they never cheat. These are people who would die to not kill someone who is trying to murder them. Intentional and great world building.
Geordi outright told them he looks at the cards, but only after the hand is over. I would still argue that counts as cheating since it lets him get a better idea for when the others are bluffing.
He did one game, but advised Worf to get cards that are opaque.
Perhaps, though if he admitted it to the crew and they’re ok with it, it’s not necessarily in the spirit of cheating.
Data should pretty much never lose though. Someone over at reddit Daystrum Institute has done several write ups of why the poker doesn’t make any sense most of the times we see it
https://old.reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute/comments/8zs1pr/analyzing_the_worstplayed_hand_of_poker_that_we/
There is no best strategy for unlimited poker. But how to play that game in a world without money?
I’d imagine it’s like Penny Poker, you do it for fun using basically worthless chips to represent your score so to speak
Yeah the “money” is just points like lots of games have.
If only we could agree such ideals make us stronger as a species, least be honest with each other… And hopefully others if we get to meet them.