Hi Joe, ... But can't one argue if I'm on offense here, and I expect you to save a doubleton, I might be more inclined to go alone without a doubleton? It's a...
Rob, If I have JJc, A9h, Kd, and the upcard is the 9c, you can bet I pick up alone and discard my Kd. Even if they know I like to keep a doubleton, I'd bet...
Hi all, I just got done playing a game on Yahoo(social), where I donated from 3rd. The score was 9 to 7 us, J up and I had nil. Sure enough dealer would've had...
Please excuse mispelt words and other grammatical errors in last post(and this one), especially you Natty ;-) ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what...
Hi Ace, in social lounges, you're right, a lot don't care about ratings as much they do in advanced, but even then you really don't think that in social they...
Interesting idea but let's be serious. A true rating ho would get a special delight out of acquiring an asterisk as if to say "I'm not a rating ho and STILL...
... donated from 3rd. The score was 9 to 7 us, J up and I had nil. Sure enough dealer would've had the loner. We ended up winning on the next hand. why didn't...
Ace, you can't really believe that ratings "mean nothing", they may not tell it all. but they certainly tell something, and IMO, they tell a lot in advanced...
Hi Ed, I really don't understand: Why or how is a win/loss record, combined with ratings, not a good indication of someones ability? Yea, you could toss 20...
Hi Ron, I don't know if you've read it before but check out Natty's column "The Robin Hood of Euchre". Granted, this example is doesn't apply to most of the...
Thx Gerry, That does explain why a FEW high rated players don't play so well, but says nothing of the low rated/low w/l record players I am referring to. If...
... Hi Rob, I was responding to Angel's post #4139, which, after the first sentence, was entirely about a completely different scenario than Brian's. Angel's...
... combined with ratings, not a good indication of someones ability? Yea, you could toss 20 coins on the table,and they could could all land on heads, but...
Thx for the reply Ed. I have also seen high rated people play poorly, but it's reletively rare, and I've seen a heck of a lot more play poorly that were rated...
... poorly, but it's reletively rare, and I've seen a heck of a lot more play poorly that were rated 1700 - 1900. when I play higher rated players I know i'm...
... Hi Joe, I would also lead the singleton king from a hand like As Qh Kd 109c, but I would not expect most other players to be doing the same. The hand we...
Hi Tom, ... Certainly. ... Why? If I've got boss trump, I'm going to lead it in favor of an off- A, every time (unless I know for sure both opps are broke)....
... Hi Rob, The answer is that I do not consider a KQ suit on lead to be the the same as the other possible Kx's. I think the message 3154 that you refer to...
Hi Tom, ... Fair enough. ... Message 3154 does not make that clear at all. It makes no particular mention of KQ being an exception. ... This is all true. But...
Hi ace, I understand what you and Ed are saying: that not all the lower rated players are bad, but I know from experience, that that's the exception rather...
I know! I said I wouldn't post any more on this subject, but I need to drive home the point: about 2 weeks ago I started a new id went to social and amassed a...
I play in adv1 and adv5. Adv5 is the league I am in and Adv1 is where I go when I don't play league. It is often hard to get games in adv 1 but some players...
I am beginning to think that it does not make much difference how well we play -- with random partners (with or without "adjustment"), or even with regular...
Hi Natty, ... With random partners I tend to agree. With regular partners, skilled ones will beat poor ones most of the time. But if there are two sets of...
... But only if, or because, they make fewer errors, is what I am suggesting -- not because they make more clever plays. ... Oh, of course. And what I am ...
I agree stupid plays can determine an outcome of a game, but not necissarily more than smart plays. I see a lot of "textbook" type players who don't make many...
Ace, it's nice to see a fellow liberal in our midst, although I personally don't think "conservative" has a nice ring to it. It usually means: resistant to...
"Off topic," fer shure. Let's get back to euchre (I am not liberal; I am radical: I don't care what the alleged Democrats say, I think that Ralph Nader has...
... in my ... have ... which we ... Dictionary] ... these ... I'm ... I am more of the "situational" type player. ... I am aggressive but I am not. I will bag...
