Liar Game Episode 23 Discussion

Ye, this more of a glorified poker game. Joker is pretty much the main weapon of this game.

Nao should've prepared better. There's mind games going on here but for what's worth, this poker game required strategy, manipulatio, luck, etc.

I was starting to like Nao, her charater was becoming better, and then everything collapses with this poker game. First the simulation and then the way she was overjoyed with Akiyama winning twice in a row. This was awful.

The way the dealer said Seventeen Poker was so cool and explanation was easy to understand, such that we can understand the stakes.

Decent episode. The way the dealer kept saying "open" so aggressively was pretty hilarious, haha. Either way, am I the only one who watches this anime just because I enjoy the reactions, even though I don't understand sh!t? It reminds me of the details of COTE's tests, haha.

Akiyama may not possess the same speed but he doesnt have to, he can still get a clear idea of where the Joker card is by paying attention to the number of cards his opponent wants to cut since its safe to assume that the opponent ALWAYS wants the Joker to end up in his initial stack😭

I'm almost certain of the fact that Akiyama picked up on the fact that his opponent kept paying close attention to the dealer as he shuffled the cards so yeah i think he's simply trying to come up with a way to make it seem like he has winning stacks DESPITE the fact that he doesn't have a joker

I was hoping to see more of Nao this episode, given her boast of being good at poker last episode but we only really got to see her practice round where she was thrashed and then the Spearhead game was skipped entirely to put Akiyama centre stage again. I'm also not sure I'm entirely sold on the explaination for the boxer guy "I have excellent kinetic vision so I can keep track of all the cards" it feels strangely power creepy given this series is fairly grounded for the most part.

@Skuvan same, I don’t really fully get poker I played it maybe 4 times in my life with my brothers but even with the rules explained I Lwk forgot. But it’s easy to understand if you look up what cards are which full house, etc… I don’t have them memorize cus I don’t play card games. I think poker is easy when I played it. I will win maybe few times against my brother who was more experienced than me. So it’s a friendly game to get into in my opinion. Very simple. But I’m just slow to understand this game poker cus it’s different but I do know joker is op. Also I have the kinda same experience with cote but with very few games most of the time is easy to understand if you fully read the rules carefully.

Amazing episode as always. Did you know that Even the brain damage from constant head beating and Alzheimer's can't stop them.
Btw i have an idea for the rule to the Liar Game: if you breathe dealer gets the chips. Sounds fair?

So it's poker but for babies and the dealer is an amatuer?
Guess they ran outta game ideas.

@PeboYAH That's the thing. I fully agree with you. Most of the time, it's easy to understand if you read the rules carefully. It's just that I like to turn my brain off whilst watching anime and chill, which is why I don't really read anything carefully and just go along with it, haha.

Oh no, how will they ever counter his ability to follow cards? You'd think they would use a mechanical shuffler. And no way Nao does anything but get steamrolled this game, she is almost as dumb as she is naieve.