





I picked up 9-spades.
My question is: what would you discard?
Unread post by inglewoodjack » Wed May 15, 2019 8:17 am
Unread post by Wes (aka the legend) » Wed May 15, 2019 6:28 pm
The question is what's more likely to burn you. Keeping the Ad and your opponent trumping in on a diamond lead or getting rid of the Ad and running into a guarded Kx or Qx in hearts. I don't have rigorous math backing me up but I'm pretty sure running into a guarded King or Queen is more likely, so get rid of the Jh.inglewoodjack wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 8:17 amI’m the dealer, going alone in spades with the following hand:
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I picked up 9-spades.
My question is: what would you discard?
Unread post by inglewoodjack » Wed May 15, 2019 7:21 pm
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Unread post by RedDuke » Fri May 17, 2019 2:47 pm
Unread post by Wes (aka the legend) » Fri May 17, 2019 3:27 pm
I honestly don't think this is a tough spot at all. Look at it this way. One event: 'Your singleton green ace getting trumped on the first lead' happens very rarely. The other event:
Unread post by Wes (aka the legend) » Fri May 17, 2019 3:53 pm
He's the dealer. He can't get overtrumped on the first lead. And this logic doesn't work anyways.
There are other combos to worry about than just
I wouldn't say "easily". I've played around 20K games in the last 2 years, more than a lifetime worth of games for many casual euchre players and I seriously cannot recall EVER getting euchred with this configuration from any spot let alone the dealer spot where we get to close the action:
We do not have to worry about the 9 taking a trick. If we play this hand correctly, the probability of getting euchred is damn near close to zero. Discarding the lone ace is the best way to NOT get 4 points here. Since we really shouldn't be worried about getting euchred at all with this hand, our focus should be on making the discard that increases our chances of a 4 point sweep, and the choice is obvious. One has to be running really bad to have their singleton green ace get trumped on the first lead whereas someone stopping our outside suited ace with a guarded King or Queen, happens all the time.
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