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Lunch Time Tichuers 06/05/2007

Today was the last lunch time game of Tichu with Adam. We are now dependent upon the flakiness of Chapel.

The cards were one sided once again. But that is nothing new. However, I was able to make two Grand Tichus in a row. But the next one/two was the knock out punch for our team. Jon had all four aces (the most useless bomb there is).


06/05/2007 The scorecard for a game of Tichu

GT or T bet made or lost

This team scored more points than the other or one twoed

GT/T Team #1 GT/T GT/T Team #2 GT/T
Ed & MarkH AdamR & Jon
  0     200  
  15   T+
385
 
  65   T+ 535  
 
150
    650 T+
  160    
840
T+
  410 GT+   890  
 
705
GT+   895  
  705     1095  

We finished early, so we played a couple of more hands. And ended up with setting Adam one last time…


06/05/2007 The scorecard for a game of Tichu

GT or T bet made or lost

This team scored more points than the other or one twoed

GT/T Team #1 GT/T GT/T Team #2 GT/T
Ed & MarkH AdamR & Jon
 
75
    -75 T-
  125   T+ 75  
  325   GT- -125  

Lunch Time Tichuers 05/22/2007

The game started off alright. The first two Tichu calls were set by opposing bombs. Nothing new there. Ed’s call was also set with a bomb. But the amusing thing, however, was that I was able to go out first when I had two cards left in my hand: a Jack and a three!

The came the Tichu and one/two round. So I called Grand Tichu when my partner picked up his first eight cards. Little did I know that he also was fighting against me. We needed to go out 1/2 for the win. Unfortunately, he kept all of his strong cards and passed me a totally crappy card. So, as a result, I had no chance in going out first (I would have gone out first if he would have passed me his Dragon). Sigh. I will have to remember that in the future. Don’t make GT calls with Jon as a partner…


05/22/2007 The scorecard for a game of Tichu

GT or T bet made or lost

This team scored more points than the other or one twoed

GT/T Team #1 GT/T GT/T Team #2 GT/T
Ed & AdamR Jon & MarkH
 
70
  T- -70  
  -15 T-  
15
 
  100 T+  
100
 
  130    
170
 
 
315
T+   185  
 
370
    230  
T- 315    
285
 
  615 T+   285  
 
710
    90 GT-

Lunch Time Tichuers 05/21/2007

The first two Tichu calls were set by bombs. The next set Tichu was set even though the opposing team had two bombs. I had the perfect hand: AA,JJ,22,Ace high 8 long straight.

So Adam goes on a Tichu calling rampage. While the heroic team slowly crawls ahead to the finishing line. Jon’s Tichu call on the last hand of the game gave our team the win! Woo woo!


05/21/2007 The scorecard for a game of Tichu

GT or T bet made or lost

This team scored more points than the other or one twoed

GT/T Team #1 GT/T GT/T Team #2 GT/T
Ed & AdamR MarkH & Jon
 
60
    40  
T- -35    
235
T+
  -40    
340
 
 
35
    265 T-
  -65 T-  
365
 
  -50    
450
 
 
205
GT+   495  
  355 T+   545  
 
240
GT-   560  
  380 T+  
620
 
 
645
GT+   655  
  870 GT+  
730
 
  885    
915
T+

Lunch Time Tichuers 05/08/2007

For the first four hands, Adam and I passed our high cards to each other. Which is depressing. However, the other team only Tichued once during that time.

Adam’s first Grand Tichu was interesting. He had a natural Ace bomb and was passed a two bomb. So it was no contest in that he was going out first. During the play, I noticed the fact that almost all of the points were taken by Adam. And even stated that fact out loud. Jon played the last couple of Kings to go out second. So I should have known that Ed had the Phoenix and somehow get him to be in the lead. However, my mind was on the rote task of going out next. Which meant that we got stuck with the -25 points. If I would have automatically passed when Ed got control, we would have ended the round with 115 points! Ugh!!

Adam’s second Grand Tichu call was risky. With two Aces, a King, two Queens, and a Jack, I thought that either he was in trouble or we were certainly going out one/two.


05/08/2007 The scorecard for a game of Tichu

GT or T bet made or lost

This team scored more points than the other or one twoed

GT/T Team #1 GT/T GT/T Team #2 GT/T
Ed & Jon AdamR & MarkH
 
65
    35  
 
125
    75  
T+ 240    
160
 
 
320
    180  
  365    
235
 
 
435
    265  
 
490
    410 T+
  510   GT+
690
 
  635 T+  
765
 
  685   T- 715  
  695   GT+
1005
 

Lunch Time Tichuers 05/07/2007

On the fourth hand, Jon had all four Aces. How did we know this? Because Adam wished for an Ace, Ed passed, and I played a low card. Of course, only Adam really knew that Jon had all of the Aces. But I certainly suspected. Fortunately, Jon could not call Tichu since he had too many low singles to get rid of.

My first Tichu call was risky. However, since Adam passed low to me, I figured that he must have had some of the missing control cards. And, apparently we had all of the cards since we one-twoed.

On the last hand, I passed the Phoenix to Adam as I didn’t think I was going to call Tichu. However, when it came time to play, all of my cards fit together. And I was able to go out first.


05/07/2007 The scorecard for a game of Tichu

GT or T bet made or lost

This team scored more points than the other or one twoed

GT/T Team #1 GT/T GT/T Team #2 GT/T
Ed & Jon MarkH & Adam
 
180
T+   20  
  205    
195
T+
  505 T+   195  
  525    
275
 
  525   T+ 575  
  550    
750
T+
 
605
    795  
 
795
T+   805  
  795   T+
1005
 

Lunch Time Tichuers 05/03/2007

I had the Dragon a lot today in the cards that were dealt to me. Sadly, I was never able to use it. In my one Tichu call, a ten bomb stopped me. And I do not feel bad making that call. You can never predict that a bomb is out there.


05/03/2007 The scorecard for a game of Tichu

GT or T bet made or lost

This team scored more points than the other or one twoed

GT/T Team #1 GT/T GT/T Team #2 GT/T
Ed & MarkH Jon & AdamR
T+ 115    
85
 
  165     135  
T+ 280    
220
 
  300    
300
 
 
390
    310  
  290 T-   510  
T+ 590     510  
 
680
    520  
T- 580   T+ 820  
T+
765
    835  
 
830
    970 T+
T- 760    
1040
 

Lunch Time Tichuers 04/30/2007

This was the Adam show. No doubt about it. He called and made Tichu on the majority of the hands.


04/30/2007 The scorecard for a game of Tichu

GT or T bet made or lost

This team scored more points than the other or one twoed

GT/T Team #1 GT/T GT/T Team #2 GT/T
Ed & AdamR Jon & MarkH
  135 T+  
65
 
 
230
    70  
 
395
T+   105  
  420    
180
 
  565 T+  
235
 
 
765
T+   235  
  765   T+ 535  
T+ 880    
620
 
  1010 T+ T-
590
 

Lunch Time Tichuers 04/09/2007

The cards were certainly one-sided today. And yet, our team did not call Tichu often enough. The trick is to figure out when your partner has good cards instead of the other team. You only get one piece of information. And that is the card which your partner passed to you. If it is the Dragon, the Phoenix, or an Ace, it is a clear sign. Even very low cards like twos through fives can be clear signs. The question is how do you interpret when you are passed a middle card? In this game, it was: “I hope to make a strong Tichu hand so I am keeping my honors.”


04/09/2007 The scorecard for a game of Tichu

GT or T bet made or lost

This team scored more points than the other or one twoed

GT/T Team #1 GT/T GT/T Team #2 GT/T
Ed & MarkH Jon & Adam
  200     0  
 
270
    130 T+
T+ 415    
185
 
  450    
250
 
T+ 560    
340
 
  760     340  
 
945
T+   355  
  1145     155 GT-

Lunch Time Tichuers 04/02/2007

Woo woo! My streak of bad luck finally broke! I was worried there for a while (even during this game).

This game started out very painful. Down 400 points after two hands. For my first hand, I had a King bomb and no Aces. So I wished for an Ace, which forced Ed to bomb with his Aces. Later, Jon stopped in by bombing a trick I was going to win with a ten bomb. But, I over-bombed with Kings and went out with a pair of fives. Afterward, Adam surprised us with an eight bomb which, unfortunately, was not enough to let him go out third.

Jon’s first Tichu was set naturally. On the next hand, Ed plays a straight that does not contain the Mahjong. Adam then bombs it with threes to force Ed to keep the Mahjong (which is a looser). Jon calls Tichu and Adam surprises us again by coming up with another bomb. Unfortunately, Jon has too many winners to be set.

And, on the following hand, three more bombs showed up. Two were in the opposing team and one was in my hand. Jon got down to one card and played a pair. Adam won that pair and dogged me. But I had three singles that I needed to play. So, I played the Queen and hoped that Jon could not beat it. Unfortunately, Jon had an Ace. I was set regardless because Ed still had a bomb.

When it got to 750 – 750, Ed said it was the last hand of the game. Which left a distasteful feeling to me. Why play this game and have it be decided by one hand? Thankfully, everyone agreed to play to a thousand. Which was amusing when we Tichued/one-twoed for the win! All that worrying and discussing for nothing.


04/02/2007 The scorecard for a game of Tichu

GT or T bet made or lost

This team scored more points than the other or one twoed

GT/T Team #1 GT/T GT/T Team #2 GT/T
Ed & Jon MarkH & Adam
  200     0  
  400     0  
T+ 500    
100
 
T+ 645    
155
 
  655    
345
T+
  645   T+
555
 
 
645
T-   555  
  720 T+  
680
 
  720   T-
680
 
 
805
    695  
T- 750    
750
 
  750     1050 T+

Lunch Time Tichuers 03/29/2007

Ugh. The run of bad luck continues. And, as you can see, one team was getting all of the points. Until Ed was set. Then, it went our way. But our desperation Grand-Tichus sealed our fate.


03/29/2007 The scorecard for a game of Tichu

GT or T bet made or lost

This team scored more points than the other or one twoed

GT/T Team #1 GT/T GT/T Team #2 GT/T
Ed & Jon AdamR & MarkH
 
90
    10  
  290     10  
 
395
    5  
 
495
    5  
 
680
T+   20  
T-
640
    60  
  760 T+  
140
 
  775    
225
 
 
865
  GT- 35  
 
945
    -145 GT-