[JMAnon]

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you have the option of paying a big blind to receive an extra card that you must discard preflop

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I don't know that I'd want to pay for a card I had to discard. A big blind seems like a steep price just to have 49 unknown cards out there instead of 50.

--Zetack

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I think you misunderstand the proposed game. You get to chose which of your three cards you throw away; you don't automatically throw away the card you "purchase." So if you get dealt A2 for your first two cards, but took the option to get a third card and were dealt an A, you could toss the 2 and hold AA.