The 19 Billion High Card

About Balatro:
Balatro is a deck-building roguelite where you must play poker hands and earn chips to defeat enemy blinds. Enhance your deck of playing cards, buy Jokers to modify each hand you play, and discover new and wild synergies to win!
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[@Suurooh]

Man the delayed gratification being eternal really killed the full potential of this run

[@Prosto-Ban]

He probably wouldn’t get this far without it

[@Lostangel1000]

I've yet to see that effect how does a joker become Eternal?

[@Prosto-Ban]

@@Lostangel1000 it’s a chip. When you win a game with a deck you unlock the next difficulty. And eternal jokers in the shop is one of the difficulties(and when you choose the difficulty it applies all previous debuffs plus the new one)

[@eltee704]

The joker that increases level of hand played can get insane with some luck. Had that and hiker and it went off!

[@denstruction]

yeah i had a run where i duplicated it with ankh, and then later also got dice to double the chance of triggering each and i had blueprint so i could theoretically have gotten 3 levels of high card per play which got me to a staggering level 84 high card but i couldnt get past ante 11 with that sadly

[@MenacingBanjo]

I'm only 13 minutes into the video, but from what I can tell, Space Joker only has a 1 in 24 chance of working.

[@eltee704]

@@MenacingBanjo I had a sick run it was proccing twice a round. It's the only time I've pushed that joker so assumed it was top tier. But skoots experience was very different clearly

[@SamuraiFoochs]

That Space Joker just REFUSING to hit broke my brain. I've used it a lot to...pretty solid returns.

[@gingeral253]

I wonder if we could get an eternal madness run. Like madness is trying to kill other jokers, but it can’t because they are eternal. Using the restrictions to our benefit.

[@Tr3Nom]

Does this work like that?

[@angelobrouns]

It does. I tried it yesterday. @@Tr3Nom

[@colsonrivers]

@@Tr3Nom i believe it does not work like that. I think it does not destroy the jokers, but madness also doesnt increase in the mult. But it would give madness runs a little more predictability.

[@goclbert]

​@@colsonriversMadness doesn't need to destroy any jokers to increment. I had a run with just madness joker and never bought another joker.

[@MenacingBanjo]

@@colsonrivers Madness still increments even if it does not destroy anything.

[@noscopemonkey3369]

Seeing the progress made by the space joker.. undone just like that from The Arm is quite funny

[@drake5557]

Hey skootie, could you try doing some of the ingame challenges for Balatro? I have done 14/20 of them so far, and am curious to see how you complete them. I think that would be a cool video idea. Enjoying the game so far, had 40 hours in the demo. Thanks for being the one to show it to me originally!

[@OliviaSNava]

I'd be willing to bet there's a glitch somewhere with space joker, because there's a 5.6% chance to go 10 hands without hitting astronaut, and then there's a 2.3% of going another 13 hands after hitting it without getting another. The odds for 1/24 is something like a tenth of a percent.

[@CasualCoreK]

Frankly those aren't that crazy of odds, when you're looking at the big picture of how many games of Balatro are being played on stream by *everyone*

[@OliviaSNava]

@@CasualCoreKYea I mean it's not crazy odds for everyone looked as a collective, but it is rather crazy odds for one streamer. You'd expect about 1 game in every 500-1000 games to have a bad luck streak like that.

[@Ragnell123]

I wonder if there's an even secreter joker that unlocks if cavendish breaks.

[@RealAlex2035]

Should be like times 300 mult or sum crazy cuz even if lets say u had 5 of the dice that doubles probability like a 12 outa 1000 chance is still carzy low

[@Qyubij]

​@@RealAlex2035 5 of the dice would not be 12 it would be 32

[@never-fm7zn]

btw mime is better if there are 3 steels in hand, it gives a 1.5^6 mult instead of 1.5^2*3, so he could have kept it

[@josephrogers3666]

@@Qyubijno cos it doubles meaning is would go up in powers of 2 ,12 is no a power of 2

[@PreviouslyEldritch]

Sadly no, although that would be funny. Something like "Bundle of Cavendishes" which gives 3x Mult three times would be awesome.

[@thedeck-buildingdemon8293]

Y’know, I think taking delayed gratification was a mistake in the end, having an economy joker (even a foil one) in the very late game looks really annoying

[@placeholderblankspace]

Eternal jokers lowkey seem bad

[@R2H2me]

​@@placeholderblankspacenot really if eternal hit the right joker it can be good, as if you ankh it, or hex it. It wont gone

[@phoenixstout7112]

@@placeholderblankspace they’re meant to be bad; they only appear in higher stakes. The idea of ankh is interesting though

[@goclbert]

At the higher difficulties you usually need an econ joker to get anywhere. Had to be done

[@placeholderblankspace]

ah i see, i thought it was meant to be like a unique buff you unlock so you can use destructive stuff with them@@phoenixstout7112

[@ethanna1684]

Probability of not hitting 24 times in a row is (0.75)^24 x100%= 0.100339%

[@g-whittington1]

I in a 1000 is not the most crazy thing

[@milesgreenwood5036]

How did you get the calculation correct and wrong at the same time????

[@ethanna1684]

@@milesgreenwood5036 how is it wrong?

[@TamberFly]

that's what I'm saying, 10^-12 was just stupid low, got your answer

[@almscurium]

⁠@@milesgreenwood5036it’s literally just correct?

[@youknowwho4678]

Please keep the “if you like the video, like the video” in the intro .. it’s such a charming reminder ❤️

[@haydes1285]

I’m wondering if space joker might be bugged…

[@RazzBeri1]

probably just the odds being bugged. wheel of fortune seems to have a similar issue.

[@kyanclaessens4777]

Or a misunderstanding of how probabilities work

[@meep2k]

you might just be unlucky

[@pancakehead]

Bro it is not a bug it is bad luck

[@dimensionreflection]

@@kyanclaessens4777 lol I was low key losing it at the chat, people clearly don’t understand that it’s a 1 in 4 chance to hit every time it triggers, not a guarantee to hit once within 4 uses… definitely a misunderstanding of probability

[@victorb7562]

Burnt joker > space joker. Especially for playing low hands. I had a run with burnt joker and later on with blueprint joker playing pair. Got to lvl 35 pair on a suboptimal run. Was really cool

[@thecactusman17]

Lowest Full House (35 x 4 base) you can have for 300 chips is 10s over 5, which is exactly +40 chips for 75 x 4 = 300.

[@almscurium]

Full house is 40x4 base

[@ShayneLussier]

Bro is filling his deck with garbage when the packs weren’t hitting steel 😢😢

[@triplebog]

I did this build the other day but way more intense. I had the card that allowed me to duplicate the first card played a round if its a one card hand. And used it to duplicate an absurd amount of steeled kings. Then I had the joker that gives kings x1.5 mult and Then had a Blueprint copying the "retrigger hand effects" joker. By the end of it I would just play a steel king with a hand full of steel kings and get absurdly high results

[@CadoonTube]

Sheesh, the more runs I see you manage to squeak some solid value out of, the more I realize that Perkeo goes absolutely insaneo style with such a large variety of decks. I've only found 2 legendary jokers so far but if you got him early enough in a run you would hit Ante 13 no sweat.

[@lDarkhorsel]

Another Pluto in the consumable spot would've been huge too because it procs last. So yeah, on that last ante it looks like the play would've been to sell nanner and take bean, load up on steel/glass, and farm the consumable slot until you had the second Pluto card for the end mult. That was a cool build tho, these playthroughs are a lot of fun to watch.

[@FelixPisecker]

19:11 "I'm pretty sure I did my math right" they did not in fact, do their math right (3/4)^24 = 0.001 or about 0.1%

[@kulatoid]

Delayed gratification kinda ironic how you regret buying it. completely goes against what it's named

[@cargnome]

The amount of misplays he made was so frustrating, yet he still manages to get all those points just from the steel cards with the joker. I genuinely couldn't bear to watch.

[@zealot2147]

People knocking the delayed grat but in the early game it can be really tough to get off the ground. The money situation with no SBs make it hard to get a good joker before first boss blind. I’ve had a number of runs (and I’ve only watched the game before release and am playing it now) and early no jokers are run killers. I’ve managed to push up to orange so far but no clear on it yet, endless can hurt but they can also be huge bonuses. I haven’t seen it yet but if Spectrals can’t overwrite spectrals, then endless can be good when you get hex to improve your jokers without losing.

[@sammy0jpeg]

space joker was spacing out

[@DemonWolf9941]

The one time I got Space Joker, it hit almost every hand so this is crazy to me. Although I think I also had dice with me.

[@thorjelly]

I don't know why you keep skipping hanged man, it can thin your deck so you draw your steels more. You also skipped a death at least once, which you could hold to dup a steel.

[@davidaugustofc2574]

I hope you didn't forget you can play 5 Stone cards, get 250 chips and it counts as a high card

[@maximemln8291]

I Hope u get that mime procks them even if he doesn't play them

[@madhavraghu]

​@@maximemln8291 prock? also stone cards don't have an in hand ability, only a when played ability

[@obliviator2]

@@maximemln8291hope you get that mime doesn’t proc stone cards in hand

[@unmade_error]

​@@maximemln8291stone, buddy. Stone cards

[@Qyubij]

​@@maximemln8291stone cards? that's not true

[@kodster671]

Space Joker works. The one out of four chance every time you play it so that means you have a one and four chance each time you play the card not one in four chances every time you play a hand so you have a 25% chance each card you’re not guaranteed it one in every four cards if that makes any sense it does in my head lol

[@zanyboy8k]

also fun fact the planet packs will always have what the shown planet is on the pack

[@madhavraghu]

woah

[@Tr3Nom]

That's good to know. Thanks for that

[@leumasarc4180]

crazy tech, good to know

[@kromerainbow]

That's straight up untrue, and is so easily disproven. I mean, even in this video he opens multiple packs that don't contain the planet card that's displayed on the booster pack.

[@jaasshh1849]

@@kromerainbow People really do just be sayin things

[@ItsMrGlitch3r]

I just unlocked blue chip difficulty with red deck and is proven to be quite the kicker looks like I have a lot to learn!

[@Bluhbear]

I feel like those stone cards would actually be great for a high card build. They can just tack on 50 chips without changing the hand type.

[@delavanty]

i just realized if there is a seed that gave you the legendary card that Infinitely gives you negatives and you got both of those vouchers to get the 1.5 mult .... Plus a couple blue prints and the other version joker plus a steel joker and loads of steel jokers throughout the deck it be infinite damage.... (Steel joker not needed)

[@HerraHidalgo]

Red seals on steel cards are nice too.

[@minethink1442]

1 in 4 chance: Space Joker: 💀 Glass card: 😁

[@krazycam1029]

Space joker is so weird. I had it hit 10 times in a row and even when it wasn’t in a row, it felt like it was hitting 50/50 then as soon as I bought the dice that boosted to a true 2/4, it hit one time for the rest of the run and I got it on ante 6 or 7

[@thanhthuy3019]

The rng was scuffed. Odds that space joker doesn't hit 24 times in a row was almost 1/1000

[@Qyubij]

tbf in the end the total probability was 1 in 7, not far off from 1 in 4

[@4llg00dth1ng5]

Watching him skip the troubadour on a steel run destroyed my soul

[@RyanRussell-lf7iq]

Add Joker sell value to Mult and Increase Joker sell value was a fun little combo

[@Shady2u]

If space joker isnt bugged and the person in chat did the math correctyly, im pretty sure that 1 in 24 is a world record for most improbable stream moments

[@ChillaxeProductions]

this game is actually so fun

[@babeldude]

Fun fact, getting only 1 out of 24 from space joker in that initial streak has a probability of 0.8% (if the 1/4 probability is indeed correct).

[@hydraik]

Random isn't random apparently balatro uses Xoshiro256** which has some flaws that can show up in a poor seed. It's possible to get a seed that appears random at first but then outputs fourty 0's with the other 15 options(hexadecimal) only showing up once or twice. Statistically unlikely for random. But within the realm of probability for the algorithm. The reverse is also possible where instead of a 0, you get something that always hits.

[@Katie-hj5eb]

I keep wondering if space joker and wheel of fortune are bugged, because neither seems even close to 1 in 4

[@RevenantNeverDies]

I'm sorry if this seems like a dumb question but did you know that delayed grat doesnt disable your discards at all and it just gives you an option of generating money if you want to challenge yourself

[@Sporkyz74]

I'm certain he's aware given that the discard button isn't unselectable lol, it's just that the value from the additional money is so high that it's worth shooting for.

[@galvanize790]

is there a reason to buy the blank after unlocking the +1 joker slot voucher

[@RealAlex2035]

Doesnt seem so

[@chairly]

Might be wrong but I think you need it buy blank for joker slot voucher to appear in that run, similar to how you have to buy the more planet cards in shop before the one that multiplies held planet cards appears

[@raelsadd]

nah actually what happened to the awkward "like the video if you liked the video" bit that was my favorite bit

[@idiothead5731]

RIP to if you like the video like the video :,( how will I remember to like the video now

[@ammonbergevin5302]

great vid, only problem is I died inside when he sold bus ;-;

[@TheCoolflameboi]

Omg, I asked Chat gpt about the odds of you losing 24 times, this wat the answer after a disussion: Certainly! Here are a few events that also have a probability close to 5.96046 × 10^-11: Winning the jackpot in the Mega Millions lottery (approximately 1 in 302.6 million). Being struck by lightning twice in the same year (approximately 1 in 9 million). Finding a four-leaf clover on your first try in a field (approximately 1 in 10,000). These events are all extremely rare, emphasizing just how unlikely it is to lose 24 consecutive 1/4 bets. If you have any other questions or if there's anything else you'd like to know, feel free to ask!

[@TheCoolflameboi]

For reference, you are 100x more likley to win the mega millions than do what you did xD 1 in 302.6 million ≈ 3.3026 × 10^-9 So, the probability of winning the jackpot in the Mega Millions lottery is approximately 3.3026 × 10^-9. This probability is incredibly low, highlighting the rarity of winning the jackpot.

[@Lostangel1000]

Why.... why doesn't he ever seem to play a 10 or something if he going high card??

[@iangalna5444]

never doubt drspectred's advice xD

[@OliviaSNava]

Man that astronaut not hitting for 10 hands hurts. There is a 5% chance that you go 10 hands without hitting astronaut. You basically rolled a nat one.

[@kirby7775]

That Space Joker luck💀

[@Zastavo]

That guy put some bad math in twitch chat. It is a 1/1k chance to be as unlucky as you were, or 0.1%. Plus you had 1/25, which is 0.3%

[@jackduncan4125]

I think if you had kept the bus it would have been massive

[@vicmatthew595]

If only there were red seals on these..

[@Nathan55411]

I'm confused, early on, why did he keep on playing low cards on a high card strat?

[@PreviouslyEldritch]

Two reasons. A is that his jokers were strong enough to make even low cards viable, and B was that he attempted to stall so jokers like Delayed Gratification and Ride The Bus would activate more.

[@Josephmother584]

Anybody know how to fix the black screen glitch for this game? I just bought it and can’t play it cuz every time I try to open it it black screens and won’t start

[@animatheo5779]

You're very good, I barely pass ante 4 lol

[@Mochila03]

Is that space monkey card that increases the played hand level broken? I swear I've never seen it actually hit.

[@Qyubij]

hit 4 times this video

[@darkchiron]

Needed to stop spending so much money way, way earlier. Bull would have gotten you much further. Very nice run in general, though. Really helps show off the power that can come from just 'High Card' hands.

[@Qyubij]

no it wouldn't have lmao, at most it wouldve been a 1.75x mult or so

[@willnash7907]

Grats on 100k

[@indominusrex2859]

I think space joker bugged lol

[@cael466]

100k!!! Woop woop

[@Tijme]

There was only a 5.6% chance of you not hitting astronaut joker 10 times in a row lol 9:23

[@Tijme]

Even a 0.445% chance of getting 1/15 10:55

[@key6181]

no baron?

[@sirkibble2864]

18:18 are people that bad at math or do people just like to lie?

[@internetuser8922]

Probably both, considering it is Twitch chat...

[@Khanh1321]

Does anyone know how he restarts so quickly at the start of the video?

[@riccardodepieri4582]

Hold R key on keyboard

[@TM39Games]

What's with saving the pluto for next game

[@Lange007]

voucher made it become x1.5 multiplier

[@jordanforbes149]

Why was he only playing low cards?

[@chairly]

To avoid face cards for his bus joker and to get more hands per round leveling up his bus joker and constellation joker with each hand

[@dimensionreflection]

I miss the old intro

[@thecarpetcentral5813]

What would happen if you buy hieroglyph ante 1?

[@Qyubij]

you would go to ante 0

[@thecarpetcentral5813]

@@Qyubij but what would that look like

[@Qyubij]

@@thecarpetcentral5813 less points needed to win

[@GKinWor]

🃏

[@LivingWithGames]

Space Joker is so freaking ass lol

[@gloriousMj]

Why does he always play the lowest card

[@andrewhime7701]

I question your choices.

[@zanyboy8k]

1/4^8 is 0.001525% likely to not hit

[@remibroeders716]

Actually this is the probability of hit 8 times in a row, the one of not hit would be (3/4)^8 which makes about 10%, so just bad luck

[@Khanh1321]

@@remibroeders716 yep

[@zanyboy8k]

@@remibroeders716 my mistake

[@gege42o83]

you didnt say "if you like the video , well like the video" :(((

[@AmanShah21]

Selling space joker was a mistake

[@Qyubij]

at moment in time, yes but it would've made about 0 difference in the end

[@konoyaronekobaka]

Day 2 of asking what's the music in the intro

[@marooniballooni03759]

greed will kill you.

[@timongaudeck5946]

Hi

[@timongaudeck5946]

Wow first comment

[@ahamb]

🃏