[quote name=\'Unrealtor\' post=\'183576\' date=\'Apr 8 2008, 04:00 PM\']Edit to add: Given what's been shot down already in terms of theory, could they have been retired at Drew's request? Poker game is not easy to explain and Joker is rather counter-intuitive (although that wasn't anything a rephrasing of the rules couldn't have fixed.)[/quote]
I couldn't have said it better myself, cough cough.
Even if you redo Joker's rules, though (put the joker into your hand to win?), you've got a potential moment of confusion for the host if he's working down to a 50-50 shot. Compare it to Shell Game--chips in front of the shells, that the contestant placed there, are pretty unambiguous markers. But in Joker, you have to remember what position the game started in before you can be sure whether the face-down card is a winner or a loser.
(And yes, I do think it's something that could trip up almost anyone, especially after they've just gone back and forth with "if it's here you win, if it's here you lose".)