I have played a few games. I find certain things in the rules to be...not rewarding. Following the basic poker hierarchy for which set of 5 is better makes for a good starting point, but for all of the visual emphasis on color, it only seems to matter for a straight flush, which is almost impossible to do on purpose (and easy to do on accident).
There is only 1 of each tile. There are 10 of each color, and 5 of each number.
And yet, a random pair is worth more (potentially 1 star) than 4 of the same color in a row (zero stars). That means as soon as the opponent takes one of the tiles you would need to pull a straight flush, you should stop considering color at all for that row/column, and just make sure you have a pair.
You usually either win through dumb luck of the draw, or you win with pairs in all of the "failed" rows.
