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13837
Get hip Robin. The jig is UP! ... assisting and without the Jd, points are still quite high. If I am the dealer with two aces and Jack is up, I would pick up...
Todd
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Nov 8, 2009
3:47 am
13838
Well its the times when i have no trump and no aces but also have some defense in "next" and some help in "green" if it gets around to my partner. Doesn't...
pimped_her_out
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Nov 8, 2009
3:48 am
13839
I think pretty that's a pretty good number too - 1 in 6 to 8 times. I've never tracked it.    ... From: pimped_her_out <torturedoutlaw@...> Subject:...
robin neill
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Nov 8, 2009
4:29 am
13840
I'm not sure why I got tangled up in this. Hole card is a term I have heard in poker and it means the hidden cards a player has been dealt. Example: if you...
pimped_her_out
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Nov 8, 2009
5:29 am
13841
Go to the Links section to the left and click on Euchre: Books and articles. http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/EuchreScience/links/Books_0012401168\ 86/ ...
Todd
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Nov 8, 2009
1:10 pm
13842
I have done counts on the % of the time I turn down a bower when dealing. It is 7%. (1 in 14) This may be lower than Robin's or Pimp's number (my assumption,...
Fred Benjamin
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Nov 8, 2009
1:31 pm
13843
Perhaps we need to make an update to the link? LOL ________________________________ From: Todd <jtmwingnut@...> To: EuchreScience@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Fred Benjamin
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Nov 8, 2009
1:33 pm
13844
I was somewhat on the fence on whether to play Kh or 10S. You've swayed me to the Kh. S ________________________________ From: robin neill...
Fred Benjamin
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Nov 8, 2009
1:41 pm
13845
Possibly one of the dumbest rules I've ever heard....
Perry Romanowski
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Nov 8, 2009
2:18 pm
13846
You can add the term to the Euchre page on Wikipedia & create an entire new generation who calls the upcard the "hole card". Then in 100 years regular people...
Perry Romanowski
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Nov 8, 2009
2:22 pm
13847
It's good that you tracked turning down the Jack 1 in 14 seems lower than what I actually do. That one I haven't tracked as it's so variable contingent upon...
robin neill
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Nov 8, 2009
2:44 pm
13848
Why do we pick. We all knew what Fred was talking about, he has used it 50,000 times.   So many times, it's now approaching a "custom" provided the...
robin neill
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Nov 8, 2009
3:08 pm
13849
... assisting and without the Jd, points are still quite high. If I am the dealer with two aces and Jack is up, I would pick up the Jack with no other...
bananastew
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Nov 8, 2009
3:24 pm
13850
... It's quite likely that if you were taught the game with that rule in place, you would be a product of a different society, and be liking it. Enjoying...
bananastew
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Nov 8, 2009
3:38 pm
13851
You're probably right. Although, as a retired Catholic, I do have a history of rejecting ideas I was brought up to believe when enough evidence compelled me...
Perry Romanowski
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Nov 8, 2009
4:11 pm
13852
Kinda like playing you have to have trump to call trump? No thanks. ... it 50,000 times. ... the dealer doesn't discard the hole card has been "ordered" (I...
Todd
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Nov 8, 2009
4:12 pm
13853
I became a member of ES to learn what I thought would be the better strategies of euchre and realized there is also a language used in doing so. Where did you...
Todd
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Nov 8, 2009
4:31 pm
13854
The following EuchreScience poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: The opps been kicking butt. Score 0-7 them. STD game. The dealer...
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Nov 8, 2009
4:42 pm
13855
These polls still don't close on their own. I had this sheduled to close on the 7th. ... From: EuchreScience@yahoogroups.com <EuchreScience@yahoogroups.com> ...
Aimee Cakes
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Nov 8, 2009
4:53 pm
13856
Used to identify bowers, from where did the term 'bar' come....
bananastew
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Nov 8, 2009
5:56 pm
13857
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the EuchreScience group: Which is correct? o Bauer o Baur o Bower o Hole To vote, please visit the...
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Nov 8, 2009
6:04 pm
13858
I'm not a candidate, but THANK YOU!!! ________________________________ From: gblue42 <gblue42@...> To: EuchreScience@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, November...
Lyle Filkins
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Nov 8, 2009
6:16 pm
13859
I'm sad to report my findings, but here goes: Bar: In some areas, particularly central Ohio the word "bar" is substituted for the word "bower". It is possibly...
AIMEECAKES
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Nov 8, 2009
11:09 pm
13860
I've been playing euchre every since I was young enough to think euchre was spelled "yuker", LOL.Basicly other kids were playing "go Fish" and I was playing...
mike wheeler
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Nov 9, 2009
6:58 pm
13861
I call what's best in my hand. If it's 1/2 next & 1/2 "not next", I'll call next, but what I try to do is to never pass. I've been told nobody likes to sit on...
Aimee Cakes
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Nov 9, 2009
8:40 pm
13862
A general, qualitative answer for a general question. Increase the percentage of the time you call next by 33% when the dealer turns down a Jack rather than...
Fred Benjamin
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Nov 9, 2009
9:23 pm
13863
"Calls" is correct. The subject of the sentence, "percentage," is a collective noun and, in this usage, singular. The pollster got it right. "Call" can be...
nathaniel_j_b_bumppo
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Nov 10, 2009
1:36 am
13864
The comment below does not make a clear reference, but it appears to pertain to the poll question (in post No. 13831) "Do you prefer to play the convention...
nathaniel_j_b_bumppo
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Nov 10, 2009
1:46 am
13865
Agreed ...Canadian system is rated above the American system .. and American system cost 50% more per person. Rank Country 1 France 2...
Fred Benjamin
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Nov 10, 2009
2:24 am
13866
While the topic is a non sequitur, I agree Canada's health care system is likely better than ours....
Perry Romanowski
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Nov 10, 2009
3:17 am
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