Lunch Time Tichuers: April 2006 Archives

Luckily, Mike was not on my team and wished a bomb out of Adam's hand which caused him not to call Tichu. I am hoping that he will grow out of the random wish phase.

Our team was not getting many points at all from the cards. After five hands, we only had 95 of the 500 points (19%). And after nine hands, we had 200 of the 900 points (22%). What saved us was that we were able to set both Adam and Mike's Tichu calls which caused them to break even in Tichu points.

For Mike's desperation Grand Tichu call, he had 23468PDX. Ed had three Aces and I had one. Which was sad given the fact that he also had the MahJong and couldn't pass it to me (since I would wish for an Ace out of Ed's hand). And even with all of the Aces, Mike still went out! Flawed!!

When we were picking for partners, Adam picked a Queen and I picked an 8. So I was joking that Ed and Mike needed to pick 7 or below. Then when Ed picked a King, I joked that now Mike needed to pick an Ace (or King). And what did Adam draw for Mike, but an Ace! So our fates were indeed sealed.

This is another game where Tichus (or Grand-Tichus) were called on every hand. In fact, it was more extreme, since there were multiple over-calls! On my first hand I was tempted to call Tichu but I had a single 4 and 10 to get rid of. So when Mike called Tichu, I was happy to set him. Unfortunately, our team got no points. So it was 0 to 0 after one round.

Mike's second Tichu call was late in the hand. So I thought that he was very sure about his ability to go out first. Sadly, it was not meant to be. This left us 100 points more behind. Which meant that we needed to call Grand-Tichu towards the end. And, for Mike's desperation Grand-Tichu call, I apparently forced him into it. He had 34567TJK with a rainbow of colors. He made it, so I don't know what he was whining about ;).

For my failed Tichu, I knew it was a risky call. And Ed gave me conformation by over-Tichuing on it.

For my last Grand-Tichu call, I waited until Mike picked up his eight cards before calling it. Luckily, I had the Dog in the last six cards and Mike passed me an Ace. Unfortunately, Ed gained controlled and played Phoenix-J-10-10 and was left with two cards (little did I know they were Ace 2). I was worried that they were a pair and Ed would go out. So, I cratered my hand and played A-A-K-K. I led singles and Ed kept passing out of fear of my Dragon. Adam then plays a King on one of my singles and I could not play the Dragon on it (since I still had singles left). And sadly, I was not able to go out first.

For Adam's Grand-Tichu wish, I thought that I was in a good position to hurt him. I had an Ace, the Mahjong, and a 6 bomb. My partner passes me the Dragon. I did not plan on making an Ace wish and then immediately bombing. I figured that it was good enough to get one ace out from Adam's hand and then Dragon it. I would save my bomb for some other winner of Adam's. Little did I know that Ed was also powerful (he also had a 5 bomb). In fact, Ed went out first and I went out second for the 1/2.

Sometimes it matters which eight cards that you pick up. In the last hand of the game, my last eight cards were the Dragon, Phoenix, two Aces and two middle cards. So I wait until I can play a card. Mike made his usual random wish. This time, it was for a three and I did not have it. So I played a higher card, call Tichu, and hope that it would flush out a possible a three bomb. I had no problems making the Tichu call.

In our game, only one hand had no Tichu calls made. That is a sign that everyone is informed enough on if their hand is a Tichu hand.

This is the first time with Lauren with our group. Unfortunately, Dan is hosing us by not wanting to play Tichu anymore.