Cheating is always against the rules. Officially. Only more like a guideline when it comes to Doomtown.

This annotated edition of the storied book of games emphasizes what to do with those who break the rules.

Like many goods with Cheatin' Resolutions, The Royals' Hoyle might be considered weak in a shootout, minus One card and One less casualty? best in a cheating, but tied situation.

if you are not using all of your hearts slots on hexes for your hucksters, you can also probe the deeper secrets of the text and draw a card.

Where this card really shines is as Lowball punishment. Even if it is discarding a card of choice, one less card is one less card - and I can interpret a variety of things from the card that you discard, except a Joker, all I can divine from that is that you had a Joker in your hand and are happy to get rid of it. But even then I now know that your deck has one fewer Joker in it.