I bought Balatro on Android on the 22nd of May of this year. It was certainly... a decision. I have put 422 hours into it and just reached C++. I can't stop playing this crap even though I still suck at it!
It took me 2 or 3 days to understand the game and reach the first victory. I was hooked from the start.
I decided I didn't want to watch any "tips and tricks" videos and streams until I actually understand what was what.
Another decision was to beat each dificulty on all decks at a time. So all avaliable white stakes and then red and so on.
Having never played a game like this, I then learned 'chips+mult*mult' was the way to go and victories started coming. I would average about 2 wins a day by then. It was a grind and I really sucked at it. Two Pairs was my go to and my trousers followed me every run. They were confy and my most reliable tool.
Red stake came at week 2. Blue by week 3 and my first 100 million hand was also by then. Week by week the stakes were falling and Black stake was beaten by week 5. The game was getting harder but I was also getting better and by then I had discovered almost every joker.
By the 9th week I discovered the last joker. By then I had reached my first 'e' score and was watching some Balatro stuff.
I beat the first gold stake at the 14th of August. The last gold stake at the 7th of September. Plasma took me the longest, I think. I don't like that deck. Black deck is not that hard, I think it's actually one of the easiest ones. Call me crazy, I guess. That same day I reached my first seeded naneif on white stake. Seeded gold stake naneif was the very next day.
I thought I was done with achievments and started playing some random runs for fun and about 2 weeks ago I looked at my gold stickers. Was missing about 50% and I thought by then that this wasn't an impossible achievement. Didn't even look like a grind. I am still having a blast with this game. Then there were 40. Then 30.
When 20 were left I wrote them down. Some notable ones were Trading Card, Showman, Triboulet and Perkeo.
Honestly this was the most fun I had with the game. I was beating runs all the time with my favorite decks but now I couldn't find the needed jokers all the time. Still, I was enjoying it.
Last 5 was only 4 days ago. Golden Ticket, Showman, Flower Pot, Triboulet and Perkeo.
And then I had a run with Golden Ticket, Showman and Perkeo in a single hit. Perkeo showed up at last shop arcana pack! It then took me 2 days of multiple victories without Flower Pot or Trib.
Flower Pot went down on the 13th of October. The 14th of October was then spent searching for Ante 1 mega arcana skips, looking for soul card. I rerrolled over 300 times.
Yesterday, the 14th, I lost and I kid you not, 6 runs with Triboulet. Six runs with a legendary joker from ante 1. It was like I didn't know what I was doing anymore. By loss 3 I even made a post here.
I then got it easily and naturally this morning while waiting for the Wardogs update. It was so easy that I can't understand what I was doing the day before.
So here are my stats at C++. Am still having fun and will keep play this incredible game.
Hologram and Constellation are the GOATs and my OG Spare Trousers are forever loved although they fell off by gold stake.
TL:DR: long story short here are my stats after C++. Sorry for the long post, I know y'all don', t care, I just don't know anyone else who plays this.