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by moate 2486 days ago
Yes, the game can deal with these things. There's been wild card games forever and people like them just fine.

The issue is that this is a completely different game. It might be a fine game. People might like it (maybe even more than Texas Hold 'em). But this isn't the same game anymore. They're both played with the same 52 data points, but the frequency of those 52 data points makes these games and the skills needed to be good at them very different.

My previous comment of the game being "unplayable" might have been hyperbolic. The point I was trying to make is that it's not the same game when you change one of the rules so dramatically.

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I'd venture that many modern players learned the game online. So future players can learn the new game online.