The strategies for playing with 26 cards and 5 cards are completely different.
If both sides have a full deck, situations of single cards and three-card sets will arise.
In the previous Joker card game, three cards could be played as a pair. Before starting a new round of gambling, Sazaki Gen did not re-state the rules, meaning the old rules were still in effect — if one side plays three identical cards early, there is a high probability the game will end in a draw.
Having agreed on one game to decide the winner, neither side intends to drag it out, so Fushimi Roku naturally wouldn't start by playing three identical cards.
Only when he is certain he can play all his cards will he play three defensive cards, leaving a single card stuck in the opponent's hand, essentially giving them an 'unplayable Joker card.'
Similarly, Sazaki Gen would try his best to form pairs by drawing cards.
