Fix'it for Dummies - Kobayakawa

The third entry for Fix'it for Dummies is...

Fix'it – 8^th Round split into 8^th & 9^th Rounds ( with restrictions )

Original Rule:

The game ends after the 8^th round where each player mush bid 2 coins to stay in the round.

New Rule:

The game ends after the 9^th round.

For the 8^th and 9^th round, only 1 coin is required to stay in the round ( meaning, same as rounds 1-7 ).

There is a restriction for the 8^th and 9^th rounds.

If the player bids to stay in the 8^th round, he/she cannott participate in the 9^th round.

Therefore, no player may participate in both the 8^th and the 9^th round.

Reason:

The way the game is structured, in most cases, the player who wins the 8^th round tends to win the game as the bid to stay in the round is 2 coins, and if the player wins the round with say 4 players in the game, he/she will receive 8 coins ( a rather high amount ).

And during the 8^th round, everyone who can make a bid is very likely to make a bid to stay in as they have nothing to lose ( unless he/she is the current coin leader ). This leads to having too many coins up for grabs for the winner of the 8^th round.

With the restructured 8^th and 9^th rounds, the players may choose not to bid to stay in the 8^th round depending on their current hand and try instead to win the 9^th round perhaps with a better hand. Whereas the players who have a decent hand may try to win the 8^th round instead and not push their luck to the later 9^th round. So the pool of coins tend to be divided within the last 2 rounds and thus the winner will not be declared solely based on the best hand of the last round.

this fix'it has now been implemented in all the games of Kabayakawa that i play

the original 8^th round rule was just too swingy for me and made the game very much meaningless until the last round

Jonathan

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Disclaimer:

Although it is called "Fix'it for Dummies", it is by no means me saying that:

1) the game is broken, or

2) you are a dummy

It is neither of the above. It is just house rule(s) that I use when I play the game as I find that it increases my enjoyment of the game, or makes it a whole lot more interesting. :) 

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