Usogui's Air Poker Explained
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video, we unpack the strategic complexity and cunning deception that define this fascinating card game. From the mystery of the embossed metal cards to the unwritten 'law' that guides the game's strategy, we'll explore every facet of this game.
Watch as we unravel the various rounds of play, where each decision has far-reaching consequences and the balance of power constantly shifts. Witness the ingenious tactics employed by characters like Baku and Lalo, and see how they leverage their understanding of 'the law' to make or break their game.
We'll also explain the concept of 'safe zones' and the risks and rewards of being outside these zones. Learn how the value of cards can change drastically from round to round and how a clever player can turn the tables with the right play.
00:00 Context and Motivation for the game
01:05 Air Poker Rules
04:33 First Round
05:41 Kaji Concept of Safe-Zone
06:05 Second Round
07:33 Third Round
09:19 Third Round - Lalo's 2 Bios Bet
09:48 Calamity
10:14 Baku Send Morse Code to Hal
10:41 Fourth Round
11:41 Fourth Round - Baku Raises then Folds
12:01 Fourth Round - Upper Floor and Hal's strategy
12:27 Fifth Round
12:52 Fifth Round - Lalo's Scanning 1 Bios Bet
13:40 Fifth Round - Lalo Sees the Broken Glass
14:29 Lalo Can't Understand What Went Wrong
14:53 Lalo Accepts Defeat
15:00 Lalo's Demise
Just finished Air Poker as well as the rest of Protoporos. Honestly a really amazing game between all the players. Onto the last arc now, STL.
how was it?
@@idonthavealife1232 imo arguably top 2 arcs in the entire manga. My personal number one is Tower of Karma.
@@Drakonson1346 same here, tbh sutegama is one of my favorite characters in the manga
I’d love if you had a video covering Hand Chopper for non-readers, as IMO it’s one of the greatest arcs to use for pitching the manga.
Hand chopper??
@@You-jn1ze The game Baku does to become King of his Kingdom. Pretty sure chapter 390 is in the middle of it.
@@chuckles3116 oh yea my bad, the one where he cuts his finger
The only game where I could predict how Usogui would win, I truly was in a flow state reading this arc.
same... not the secret air bios first landmine (bluff?), but predicted hal intentionally losing the fourth round.
Would love to see you covering the Minotaur and 0 yen gamble arc
I didn’t understand it much and I feel like I missed something important
Thanks for watching. Definitely plan to make a video about the Minotaur arc, it is one of my favorite arcs!
Excellent recap and analysis.
What gamble do you plan to cover next?
Thanks for the comment. Still not sure... I think the second labyrinth is quite fascinating but after air poker I maybe need a less complicated subject. I have some ideas on videos about the personality of Baku, my favorite moments, etc... Feel free to give suggestions!
@@MadarameJoker tower of karma?
It is a gamble that I plan on eventually making a video.
Exellent explanation! cleared up a lot! I still have a question though. During I think the fourth round, baku starts eating kariume, signaling things are going as planned, but when lalo doesn't fold, he stops eating it because things were not going as planned. this indicates that baku wanted to go to an endurance battle, even though it is revealed later that he only saved 1 air bios, and lalo's mistake was that he didn't go for that. The Referee also said: "Usogui never saved ANY air bios with oxegen." which is also confusing, as I thought he saved 1. I would be super happy if you have an answer, particularly as to why baku was eating, as the other thing could simply be a mistranslation or something..?
I think it's part of the deception to trick Lalo personally. He does it to make it look like Lalo folding is what is what Baku wants, but then fakes the panic when Lalo raises one bio, in order to mask the actual strategy of having the hidden 25 card, i.e. the fact that he has a stronger card.
@@username_kk2177 oh yeah, that makes sense, thanks! it was never explained tho, and kinda odd.
@@log-907 Oh for sure, that's just the only thing that kinda made sense to me. Your questioning was very valid actually, I hadn't thought about it before until I read your comment.
Once I realised that Hal was the one deciding the hand for Baku, that 2nd round was more impressive for me
When Baku lost to the Leader the first time, why was he [Baku] smiling at the end? And why didnt the Leader decide to take his life right then and there?
Baku explained that going back from nothing ir more thrilling. But I have read somewhere that Baku's resources that he had acquired was already in control of Kakerou. So he needed to "reset" the situation. I dont think we know the reason why the leader didn't take his life there. We know that he lost his memory so he did not had the memories of his friendship with Baku. Maybe in the memory implantation he had received the information of his friendship and decided not take bakus life. Or maybe the leader was just disappointed in winning a boring gambling, like he said
@@MadarameJoker Wasn't that risky of Baku? Why was he so confident that the Leader would be so merciful and spare his life?
@@april1st183 I don't know haha. Baku is reckless sometimes, even if in most of times he have everything planned. But he is also someone who is good at reading people. He trusted his reading to the point of take that risk because honestly, even if he is a clearly genius, he is not a normal person. He is passionate by taking risks, even if his plans are extremely well elaborate, it is still a risk. Maybe that risks are simply too pleasant for him and he stopped feeling when he had so much power, so he bet on losing everything and take the pleasure of starting again. Just like when we restart a game and experience again the beginning
Never expected someone to make a recap of a usogui arc,can you make tower of karma explanation too?😊,i didnt understand that arc,if you want only you can do,i am not forcing you to
Thanks for watching. I have plans to make a recap of tower of karma. Don't know when since I am having little time in the moment, but I believe it will have to be my next video
I like your videos and also I will support you video as your content is very good specifically foR usoGui. Keep posting videos like like ❤
Man would love you to make one for hangman and labyrinth
Thanks for watching. I think hangman was the most explicit game in the manga. I don't know if is worth it to make a video about it. The labyrinth is quite interesting, I want to make a video about it eventually.
You are underrated make more bro they are wonderful🤝
Thanks. I definitely plan to make more videos. Unfortunately at the moment I am having little time so I cannot work on the videos right now. Will try to at least write a script from tower of karma in the next days.
@@MadarameJoker Nice would be waiting for it I haven't seen much of an Usogui analysis type of videos so this is quite rare lol
Very good video. Underrated serie.
W content
Can u tell me what do you use to narrate the explanation
Please reply im in need 🙏🏻
Pls explain ky declaration too
LETS GOOO first air poker review I seen this good
Thanks!
if we actually in this game. We will gets screwed because we already know whos our opponent
Lalo the 🐐
Thx for the video
Thanks for watching.
Good video 👍
I do still a have a question after discussing with my friend. Why does Hal intentionally makes a mistake in the fourth round when he can make a hand like 3 4 6 6 7 and still make a straight flush in the 5th round?
I think it is possible and he would have win when Fukurou made a mistake, but I think I need to think more about this. It probably has a reason that I am not seeing at the moment
@@MadarameJoker thank you for spending your time for this
I have a hypothesis. Hal has received a message from Baku about the card in the next round. Maybe he thought about the possibility that Baku did not had enough bios and that he was planning on getting more bios only in the second round. Just maybe Baku has to lose in that round so that Lalo has the courage to bet in the next round. Maybe if he had won, Baku would receive two bios (actually Maybe he wouldn't even because he fold) and Lalo might enter an endurance battle, in which Baku would lose because his heart needs more oxygen.
Tell me what you think, I just thought about this
@@MadarameJoker yeah, I actually thought about a similar thing too but the only think I couldnt understand was how he understood the situation below and my only argument is him being perfect.
I think it was just a hypothesis of the worst case scenario of the situation below. Thinking all of that while being tortured is perfect haha
One question in the 3rd round where usogui knew he would lose to lalos strongest card. Y did usogui not fold on top of the additional 2 air bios placed by lalo on top of the anti.
It feels like a plothole cuz usogui already knew he would lose that round so y didn't he only bet the anti? And fold when lalo bet the extra 2 air bios
I think he thought that folding may be the cause of the calamity, not overlapping cards or anything else. if this was the case, it was more bennificial for him to at least avoid that (assuming he didn't speculate about overlapping cards, a hard thing to speculate about, because the law is one deck, but doesn't say anything about when two hands go at the same time.)
@@log-907 this makes so much sense thanks
please tell me that this was actually stated in the manga. Otherwise it should still be plot hole and this will just be head canonn but this makes a lot of sense.
@@chijiokenwanosike1419 I am pretty sure it was stated by a referee (in only like one panel, so easy to miss.)
@@log-907 thanks noe I can truly this arc was peak fiction for me my favorite arc in the series and it's not even close( I think it surpasses STL by far)
@@chijiokenwanosike1419 my favorite as well (but not by far)
How did lalo lose because of fukuru
@@maxano3004 i tried
He didnt. Lalo lost because he didnt fold. Fukuru actually made the right decisions imo
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Noice