Tibra interview question

I have 12 poker chips, we (two people) take it in turns to pick up one or two chips, you win if you don't pick up the last chip. What is the optimal strategy? Do you want to go first or second? What about if there were 150 chips?

Interview Answers

Anonymous

26 Sept 2022

Start second, always pick differently from opponent

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Anonymous

10 Jan 2021

Have a think about it, reading the answer here isn't going to help you. Try starting from a smaller number of chips.

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