... Not crazy at all. The only way your P helps is if he can make the difference between 4 tricks and 5 (or saves you from getting euchred). In this case,...
loner attempt without hesitation, the only question is: what to lead after the first trick? getting set is pretty slim, but singleton ace leads might slightly...
... I disagree with this part. Your best chance of getting set is to allow multiple trump to be used against you. And the surest way to maximize that chance...
i agree , i thought the same after i sent the reply :-0 ... I disagree with this part. Your best chance of getting set is to allow multiple trump to be used...
Maybe I am having a "senior moment" day. I guess I am missing something logical here. I have read all the postings about this hand, and thought about it...
Dwend, Most of the time I will play this hand for two points. The times I will play this alone is when we need a loner to get us back in the game. For...
Point of clarification. Joseph had A-K-9 AA. This makes it so that there's 4 cards that can beat his lowest trump rather than just 2. It's a minor point,...
A slight oversight, but what I said in my post still stands though. Thanks for the correction. ... that there's 4 cards that can beat his lowest trump rather...
Hi Dwend, ... I'll give you my opinion. The decision to go alone should never be based on the strength of your hand, but rather on the extent to which your...
... The key reason to call a loner here is that it is unlikely that partner will be able to assist you. I agree with Rob that the main way partner will be able...
i played this scenario on gerry's euchre lab 25 times, 3 different ways: 1- going alone/leading trump after taking 1st trick, and the results were: making...
Hi Tom, ... Certainly this is true, but these scenarios are rare enough for me justify the loner call. ... If they lead a suit you don't have (i.e. clubs), you...
Natty Bumppo wrote in the FIRST edition of the Columbus Book of Euchre, published in 1982, at p. 47 (and it's still in the second edition, published in 1999),...
... The author has it backward here. If caller DOES NOT have to follow suit to your partner's lead, trumping your P's ace will accomplish nothing -- he'll...
... then ... A ... Hi Rob, It appears you think that my partner LED the ace of spades, but that was not the case - caller led a spade to partner's ace. I want...
... you'll ... Hi Rob, The problem is that sooner or later that off A will be trumped low to euchre you if they take their bower and keep leading suits you ...
Hi Tom, ... Yes, thanks for the correction. Actually, my partner could've led the As only if he had taken a previous trick. And if that were the case, we...
Tom, ... I understand what you're getting at, I think maybe we just differ in how likely it is to happen. Certainly you can get caught in the crossfire, but...
The following was posted in Borf Books' "guest book" today. Anyone else notice such? " . . . I was a frequent player on Yahoo until yesterday. There has ...
I figure partner can't help much unless he has the R and they have the L; or unless Cocky leads clubs and my partner has the Ac, I am now in a position to...
I have not had a good partner on Yahoo! for three months or more .... Yes, I read the headlines -- every day. I see how many people think that the President...
I'm amazed that you're amazed. No you're not, really? Natty Bumppo <borf@...> wrote: . . . But the ignorance of the people simply continues to amaze....
... How I can relate. The same thing happened to me yesterday on Mystic Island. Partner did the exact same thing and I chewed him out royally. However, we...
Hi, I need you, I'm a good player, and I could use a good partner all the time , that can play the game. If interested please, reply. Have fun in the game....
Don't go blowing off someone just yet because they 3rd seated on you. Yes I know it sucks I have been there myself. But I also have myself 3rd seated with an...
Join in on one of my games sometime. I don't particularly like Yahoo or Mystic Island, and play mostly at Playsite, in the Cases Ladder League. I'm probably...
