Going Alone w/ No Sweep
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 2:15 am
This just happened in a game I was playing and I wanted to get your thoughts on it.
I'm the dealer, we are down 7-2.
I'm holding this:
Up card is the .
First seat orders me up. Okay, fair enough, he's trying to block and protect his lead. Always a decent move when you have a big lead, a jack is showing, and you have no way to stop the lone. But then, he actually goes alone!
He ordered the right into my hand, he had to know that there was no chance he was going to make the sweep. Considering what I had in my hand, the odds that he had anything decent in hearts aren't particularly good (after the pickup, I have a hearts Dutchman+1). Given that there was no chance that he'd make the sweep and he didn't have any high trumps, surely taking his partner along would have reduced the chances of being euchred.
Can you all think of any reason why he would try this as a loner instead of just as a regular block?
I'm the dealer, we are down 7-2.
I'm holding this:
Up card is the .
First seat orders me up. Okay, fair enough, he's trying to block and protect his lead. Always a decent move when you have a big lead, a jack is showing, and you have no way to stop the lone. But then, he actually goes alone!
He ordered the right into my hand, he had to know that there was no chance he was going to make the sweep. Considering what I had in my hand, the odds that he had anything decent in hearts aren't particularly good (after the pickup, I have a hearts Dutchman+1). Given that there was no chance that he'd make the sweep and he didn't have any high trumps, surely taking his partner along would have reduced the chances of being euchred.
Can you all think of any reason why he would try this as a loner instead of just as a regular block?