Balatro University

Balatro University

Learn to play Balatro less bad. Top level gameplay with chill but thoughtful commentary.
Streaming Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at www.twitch.tv/drspectred
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A masterclass in calculated risk.

A masterclass in calculated risk.

I played with only the *worst* cards

I played with only the *worst* cards

Mama Mia (Community Challenge)

Mama Mia (Community Challenge)

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  • @theokurpierz
    @theokurpierz5 сағат бұрын

    Now do it blindfolded

  • @danielj.8876
    @danielj.88766 сағат бұрын

    Kitty_Knight is such a legend.

  • @jessejaremka3456
    @jessejaremka34567 сағат бұрын

    Good to know your fine from the hurricane spectred!

  • @hunggvnpro6522
    @hunggvnpro652210 сағат бұрын

    we got balatro fanart before gta 6 💀

  • @meissmart6678
    @meissmart667810 сағат бұрын

    Captivating challenge. I would love to see more!

  • @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563
    @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic56311 сағат бұрын

    Best thumbnail known to man.

  • @thiagoguimaraesalmeida2967
    @thiagoguimaraesalmeida296711 сағат бұрын

    Genuine question, in 1:03:50 I'd definitely bought the hand-size voucher, do I overvalue vouches too much? because u can't ever get more vouchers, but for jokers u can always re-roll later

  • @Riael
    @Riael14 сағат бұрын

    Receive what 😳 *subscribes* Edit: "We have to get rid of" ... *hovers over the subscribe button*

  • @Haxihoovis
    @Haxihoovis15 сағат бұрын

    Can you provide a link to the fast run reroll program?

  • @tsawy6
    @tsawy65 сағат бұрын

    I know it to be available in the discord, which requires some form of small donation to access, but it may be findable elsewhere

  • @VirtualMarmalade
    @VirtualMarmalade15 сағат бұрын

    never ever punished! double immolate at the start is insane omg

  • @px2059
    @px205917 сағат бұрын

    11:55 Dr discovers twitch from viewers side.

  • @keyonross2010
    @keyonross201017 сағат бұрын

    That is a lot of monnnnnnnnnnney in a game

  • @px2059
    @px205917 сағат бұрын

    Dr just uploaded this video to show off the thumbnail

  • @drspectred
    @drspectred17 сағат бұрын

    I see no lie

  • @keyonross2010
    @keyonross201017 сағат бұрын

    Yeah some legendary joker is mad because it didn't get paid up with there favorite legendary joker

  • @drspectred
    @drspectred17 сағат бұрын

    Thumbnail art by kitty._knight on Instagram: instagram.com/kitty._knight/

  • @lilytempest9048
    @lilytempest904817 сағат бұрын

    I LOVE THE THUMBNAIL SO MUCH

  • @sillygoobers13
    @sillygoobers1317 сағат бұрын

    i approve of the thumbnail

  • @1AlasBabylon
    @1AlasBabylon17 сағат бұрын

    The doctor can't be stopped, these thumbnails are getting ludicrous

  • @avilionamillion
    @avilionamillion17 сағат бұрын

    THIS THUMBNAIL??????????????

  • @Lockerus
    @Lockerus19 сағат бұрын

    I was going to make a joke about Batman not being able to go jokerless, but then I saw myself make the same joke in the twitch chat...

  • @SourabhDas95
    @SourabhDas9521 сағат бұрын

    Blue seal being able to carry a jokerless run is pretty OP. Old blue seal was trash, but current is so ridiculously strong. It should really be somewhere in the middle, like "random planet card for a hand played in current round at end of round." So if you played 2 high cards, then a straight, you'd have 67% chance of getting a pluto, and 33% chance for Saturn. With that, if you really want a guaranteed planet card for your hand, you have to play your winning hand without using your hands up for discards, which either reduces the number of planet cards you want to a reasonable amount, or forces other sacrifices (like gold cards, chance of using purples seals, etc.) that also help balance things.

  • @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563
    @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic56320 сағат бұрын

    But then it'll just go back to being worthless unless you're playing for really easy hands. If you're trying to scale a joker, or playing for harder to build hands (4/5 OAK, flushes, full houses, straights, even 3OAK if you're really unlucky), then a blue seal will just be cluttering your deck, because the marginal bit of scaling it'll provide will never justify passing up on other seals. Even with the buff, it's barely worth it in face of, say, purple seals. It making the hardest challenge in the game a little easier does not justify nerfing them to oblivion again.

  • @furycapricorn9957
    @furycapricorn995718 сағат бұрын

    Blue seal is only overpowered in situations like jokerless or early game. It’s nowhere near run defining

  • @Cruxin
    @Cruxin16 сағат бұрын

    I would argue the digging and deck management required to constantly pull the blue deal alongside a hand worth scaling firmly puts it in the appropriately powered territory, it's strong but in a fairly niche situation with a lot of work

  • @SourabhDas95
    @SourabhDas9514 сағат бұрын

    @@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563 I'd hardly call it worthless. It just requires more deck manipulation to consistently draw without using extra hands, which is true for any given seal. Before, each blue seal had a 1/9th chance (~11%) of giving the planet you want (or less if you unlocked the other planet cards). Now it's 100% that. Basically the balance here is even if you disregard avoiding using your hands for discards, on average you'd have about (30%-40%) chance of getting the planet for the hand you want which is still a huge improvement. And with a little bit of deck trimming and manipulation, you still bump that up to 100% pretty easily. Planet cards are generally more valuable than tarot cards on a per card basis, but fewer planet cards are useful, so on average you end up spending similar amounts on each in the shop. When you're getting the specific planet card you want, every single round, (on non-endless at least) that's more valuable than 3 or 4 random tarot cards from purple seals which itself takes a lot of effort to get to, to begin with. Getting 3 or 4 purple seals that are actually giving you tarot cards consistently each round, and the deck manipulation needed for it, takes more rounds and effort, than getting the blue seal consistently, once you have one. This also introduces a push and pull element of tarot cards vs planets. Do you use up your hands to maximize your chance of drawing purple seals with discards remaining? Or use up your discards to maximize your chance of getting the planet card you want? Which is more important for the specific situation you're in and the point in the run that you're at?

  • @Indomm
    @Indomm2 сағат бұрын

    Jokerless is already hard enough, blue seal being “OP” Is one of the only things making it doable. Plus the prof makes it look easy

  • @zga042
    @zga04221 сағат бұрын

    58:30 does luchador even do anything against the wall?

  • @drspectred
    @drspectred18 сағат бұрын

    It does! It reduces the scoring requirement back down to "normal" boss size (twice the small blind)

  • @zga042
    @zga04216 сағат бұрын

    @@drspectred ty!

  • @qcom1008
    @qcom1008Күн бұрын

    Unfortunately missed the lecture but the thank god the recording is available online!

  • @martinthemarine920
    @martinthemarine920Күн бұрын

    9:49 goated logic, its self evident that you succeeded

  • @jihyeonoh98
    @jihyeonoh98Күн бұрын

    1:29:03 throwing away four of a kind

  • @mouseman6265
    @mouseman6265Күн бұрын

    still surprised i never hear about seance, the situations where it's available, attainable, and useful are so razor thin i've never actually seen it matter or be useful in a normal game

  • @drspectred
    @drspectred22 сағат бұрын

    It's a playstyle thing. What might not fit into most of your runs could still have a place in more of my runs.

  • @mouseman6265
    @mouseman626518 сағат бұрын

    it's a fair point, and i try to use that mindset in general, but anytime i get seance i either can't build into straight flushes, am already scoring enough to where the spectrals wouldn't matter, or would rather have a different joker taking it's place, i'm not saying it doesn't have a use, but i've still never seen anyone get it in a normal run and actually get value out of it, i'd love to be proven wrong, but i don't see the use case.

  • @ColinBauman
    @ColinBaumanКүн бұрын

    VZ8LMQFT (i was on plasma deck white stake) fun lil seed i just found. mime and blueprint in first shop. i just died on ante 14 with the "must play 5 cards boss". top scoring hand only got to e12 but the potential for insanity is there for sure! just didnt have a place to share this fun lil gem

  • @greensleevez
    @greensleevezКүн бұрын

    Can we actually get back to Jokered? I mean, I am not against challenge runs like this, but I am enjoying the swapping out of jokers far more, after approximately 300h of playtime, still.

  • @drspectred
    @drspectred22 сағат бұрын

    Choose your own adventure, my guy. Play the game however is most fun for you. If you're not vibin' with what we're cookin' up on this channel, go check out what @ZainoTVLive is doing on his channel.

  • @corrymuth2997
    @corrymuth2997Күн бұрын

    I’m not saying half joker was wrong, but I am saying bank card would’ve been more flavorful

  • @Green9544
    @Green9544Күн бұрын

    A 5 HOUR VIDEO??? this is like a straight up lecture holy shit

  • @lucasss5788
    @lucasss5788Күн бұрын

    5 hours yessirrrr

  • @bendages5894
    @bendages5894Күн бұрын

    Just what I need at 1 am

  • @Oh_LeBlanc
    @Oh_LeBlancКүн бұрын

    I didn’t want to sleep tonight anyways 🥹

  • @lucasss5788
    @lucasss5788Күн бұрын

    No sleeping that’s for sure

  • @dannydevito7755
    @dannydevito7755Күн бұрын

    the lebron james of easy watching/ sleepy vods

  • @astridgallagher6941
    @astridgallagher6941Күн бұрын

    YEAHHHHHHH

  • @Permafrost1
    @Permafrost1Күн бұрын

    Good shit

  • @Ashman-e3q
    @Ashman-e3qКүн бұрын

    Joker less world record score next?😅 Great run!

  • @notabandicoot5227
    @notabandicoot5227Күн бұрын

    Beautiful win

  • @dmndxdave
    @dmndxdaveКүн бұрын

    saw the high straight AND the blue seal come into your hand at the end of round 3 and said, out loud, to no one, "just like we drew it up."

  • @isocle
    @isocleКүн бұрын

    he SOLD ANKH TWICE??? NOOOO

  • @droppedmydagger3834
    @droppedmydagger3834Күн бұрын

    I have a seed im working on with double Oops all 6’s(one is negative) and a lucky cat with DNA but it has such a rough early game since i start with both OA6’s and get no jokers of value until ~round 11… i have gotten it to ante 13 once so far but misplayed (it was 7am with no sleep) and played a flush 5(lvl5) instead if 5 of a kind(lvl15)

  • @tsawy6
    @tsawy6Күн бұрын

    Could have used the stone card on the non steel blue 4 to make it suitless!

  • @Dialectic42
    @Dialectic42Күн бұрын

    This was an exquisite masterclass in getting away with it.

  • @singularbutter7194
    @singularbutter7194Күн бұрын

    great video! thanks to your videos i managed to complete the completionist + achievement. coming for the completionist ++ now, 57/150

  • @stevenluoma1268
    @stevenluoma1268Күн бұрын

    Good luck! Dont be afraid to take a break. I got to 129/150, started not being able to win runs anymore and have taken a break for a while. I think coming back it'll be less frustrating.

  • @ConstantRev
    @ConstantRevКүн бұрын

    The fact that we don’t see all the failed attempts shows the dedication to get this content out! Well played Professor

  • @synsnap7548
    @synsnap7548Күн бұрын

    Nicely played professor, well done

  • @sirploko
    @sirplokoКүн бұрын

    What happened to your club cards? I thought the video started after the ante 1 small blind.

  • @RichardULong
    @RichardULongКүн бұрын

    He’s been freed

  • @sickened7328
    @sickened7328Күн бұрын

    now try it with the old gold stake :)

  • @drspectred
    @drspectredКүн бұрын

    SON OF A BISCUIT