I was lucky today because we had enough players for Tichu today. This game will certainly be the last lunch game of the year.

On the first hand, I called Tichu and made it. After I made it, I learned just how lucky I was. Adam could have played over my straight. And Ed had a bomb! My Jedi mind powers were strong this hand…

I had an interesting hand later on. I was passed two bombs. I had 2222 5555 Mahjong Ace Qxxx (three lowish singles). I was seriously considering calling Tichu. I probably spent five minutes agonizing over it. But in the end, I did not. I know my Ace is not a winner and I could probably not play one of my singles before having to play the ace and/or bombs to get the lead. I would have needed help from my partner to keep playing singles to me.

You can see where the point swing happens in this game. Fortunately, our team stayed ahead the whole game…