IMHO, not really. Certainly, for me, the big revelation is that ones are wild, Will had the winning bid, and Bill screwed up. This reinforces the "Will as pirate" aspect, given Jack's floundering, Bill's failed attempt at paternalism, Jones's suspicion...and, of course, Will's point was that he wasn't playing to win, he was playing to get information.
But one of the points in the comment is a good one, and one I'd figured they were actually going for: you don't win by playing the Devil's game against him. You have to come at it sideways. I think it's not impossible that, had Bill not bet, Will would have revealed his hand, and either ones wouldn't have been wild, or one of the fives (or the one) would have been changed, or maybe one of Jones's fives would have vanished, etc.
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Date: 2006-07-17 03:07 am (UTC)But one of the points in the comment is a good one, and one I'd figured they were actually going for: you don't win by playing the Devil's game against him. You have to come at it sideways. I think it's not impossible that, had Bill not bet, Will would have revealed his hand, and either ones wouldn't have been wild, or one of the fives (or the one) would have been changed, or maybe one of Jones's fives would have vanished, etc.