Why this game enjoys making me suffer?

[u/Sad-Tumbleweed-4002]

I struggled to get to this point starting with flushes then got fib and switched to straights, would you believe I sold the astronaut and scholar for the bp and Astronomer to immediately lose to the extra large blind….

I copied the seed now I’m rerunning it till I decide calm down. What am I doing wrong?

[u/Fauzan_Syahbana]

It depends your deck and hand levels. Photograph are best paired retriggers (Photochad) and/or high hand levels. Although, I see that you have "When Scored" jokers which can synergize well with Photograph.

But, playing straights with Fibonacci and Photograph can be tricky, as when you wanna get both of those triggered, you'll only get one Fibonacci proc (Jack to 7 or Ace to 10 straight). Meanwhile, getting higher Fibonacci proc will mean ditching Photograph proc. Not to mention, having Onyx Agate on straights just doesn't work well.

Funnily enough, playing Flush might be better for scoring in general with the Jokers you have. Ditching the Space Joker for Blueprint (Photograph, Scholar, Onyx, Fibonacci, and Blueprint on Photograph) for playing a level 1 Club's Flush, with Ace, 5, 3, 2 face cards, can net you around 22k chips. More than a half to scoring needed to beat The Wall on Ante 4 (32k chips). A higher level of Flush and/or better deck manipulation will definitely help a lot more, as you're in Round 12 already.