Listen I bet this guy 20 bucks I could find an optimal strategy for this game, I realized I’m definitely getting way the worst of it but I’ve been passing it along to people. Game plays as follows:

- Two-player game. Each player is given six cards valued 1 through 6. An additional six cards, again valued 1 through 6, are shuffled randomly and placed face-down in the middle.
- There are six rounds, each round goes like this. One card is turned face up from the middle deck. Each player then selects one card from their own hand and plays it. The person who plays the higher card wins all three cards (their bid, their opponent’s bid, and the card they were bidding on).
- If both players play the same card, it’s a tie and all three cards carry over to the next round. The winner of that round wins all six cards unless there’s another tie in which case it parlays again. If there is a tie on the last round the cards are declared void.
- This repeats itself six times until all the cards have been won or voided. At the end of the game, you add up the values of all the cards you won, and the higher score wins. There are 63 points in play total ((6+5+4+3+2+1)*3).

I’m sorry if I didn’t explain it well. Right now I’m trying to see if I can crack it if each hand just had 1, 2 and 3. I’ll keep you posted.