I am looking for a good strategy when playing 4 player racko?

Question

My sister seems to have developed a strategy that can beat the other three including myself 85% of the time.

Answer 1

Parker Brothers released a CD-ROM of card games and Rack-o was included in the disc so I have been playing a lot of Rack-o lately. It seems that you have to learn to play the odds. If during the initial deal you get lots of low or high numbers you may be better off trying to get as high of a score as possible rather than trying for Rack-o.

A rule of thumb would be to space out the placement of cards to maximize the odds of getting Rack-o. For example: putting the cards valued at ten or less is the slots marked "5" and "10", cards valued between eleven and twenty in slots "15" and "20", etc.

Another way to maximize your odds is spreading the gap for the slots you are waiting to fill. Another example: your rack is 5, 7, 11, 13, 21, 1, 35, 42, 51, 53. You draw 14. Rather than discarding the 14, replace the 21. Now you have twenty cards that can get you Rack-o rather than the thirteen you had previously.

For practice I recommend getting the CD-ROM. I found it on sale at Toys "R" Us last month for $4.99.

Answer 2

I think this is a classic debate we have had many times. Like many answerers, I partially agree with Steve calling that to be the best you have to play well in all conditions. But the question arises is then which team can we refer as the best? Even if you take the all time best Australian team, they have failed to win a test series in India for several decades now. So no team can be called as the best if you go by Steve's assumption. So let me get this straight. Any country has the right to prepare type of pitches which suit their strengths and tactics. No one can question that unless the pitch is like something deadly dangerous to bat on. You can use any words like doctoring, square turners or anything. But the fact of the matter is every country has the right to do it.within ICC regulations. It is called the home field advantage. @Joeblow, how can you assure that it is the same pitch used for the previous game? It can be a different pitch on the same ground. SL made 146/3 in 32 overs on that pitch. Did that really sound a strange score card? No one questions green carpets. In fact I love to see my team playing on them hoping they'd be up for the challenge. We all need to grow up and stop questioning and complaining about the conditions. That's it. End of story.

Answer 3

Racko Card Game

Answer 4

Racko Game