June 2007
We are playing leasters in a 5-handed game. Spades is led, I have one. Bob, to my right, hesistates and then plays the King of Spades. Neither the Ace or 10 fall, but a King of Hearts is played. Bob gets a cheap 8-point trick. It's Bob's lead, and he is hesitating again (read: mauer). I'm in the suicide spot. If he leads clubs I'm screwed - I have the bare Ace, and if he leads trump I'm also screwed as I can't get under the Ace of Diamonds. Bob raises a card and then puts it back down again. Knowing Bob's penchant for the dramatic, I mumble under my breath "Please don't lead spades again". Bob takes the bait, and leads the 10 of Spades. I grimmace as I pull a card and flip it over. Bob cheers as he sees my black Ace, but the joy quickly turns to despair once he realizes it's a Club. Behind my Ace falls the Ace of Hearts. The fifth spot pauses, pulls the Ace of Spades, and explodes. Bob is saved, and Kenny got screwed.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
The "Oops"
Date - Summer 2000?
A vicious 5-handed game is under way. Bob picked, and was cracked. The second-to-last trick is being played, and Bob still hasn't taken a trick. Now I don't know how the rest of you play, but in this game if the picker doesn't take a trick, the partner does not pay. A no-tricker rap in 5-handed would cost the picker 18, the absolute most you could ever lose. Back to the trick - fail is led, which Bob has. The partner is on the end. The fourth card played is a low diamond. The partner can take the trick with the jack of diamonds, but since there are no points on the table, taking this trick will not get them schneider. The partner fails off and lets the trick go. The last trick is played, which Bob loses to a higher queen. Bob's been no-tricked, and the opposing team erupts in cheers! But when Bob notices the jack that came out of the partner's hand on the last trick, Bob instantly turns on the partner and asks him why he didn't take the 4th trick? The parter can only reply, with a truly awful attempt to act innocent, "oops".
A vicious 5-handed game is under way. Bob picked, and was cracked. The second-to-last trick is being played, and Bob still hasn't taken a trick. Now I don't know how the rest of you play, but in this game if the picker doesn't take a trick, the partner does not pay. A no-tricker rap in 5-handed would cost the picker 18, the absolute most you could ever lose. Back to the trick - fail is led, which Bob has. The partner is on the end. The fourth card played is a low diamond. The partner can take the trick with the jack of diamonds, but since there are no points on the table, taking this trick will not get them schneider. The partner fails off and lets the trick go. The last trick is played, which Bob loses to a higher queen. Bob's been no-tricked, and the opposing team erupts in cheers! But when Bob notices the jack that came out of the partner's hand on the last trick, Bob instantly turns on the partner and asks him why he didn't take the 4th trick? The parter can only reply, with a truly awful attempt to act innocent, "oops".
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