Lunch Time Tichuers: May 2007 Archives

The game started off alright. The first two Tichu calls were set by opposing bombs. Nothing new there. Ed's call was also set with a bomb. But the amusing thing, however, was that I was able to go out first when I had two cards left in my hand: a Jack and a three!

The came the Tichu and one/two round. So I called Grand Tichu when my partner picked up his first eight cards. Little did I know that he also was fighting against me. We needed to go out 1/2 for the win. Unfortunately, he kept all of his strong cards and passed me a totally crappy card. So, as a result, I had no chance in going out first (I would have gone out first if he would have passed me his Dragon). Sigh. I will have to remember that in the future. Don't make GT calls with Jon as a partner...

The first two Tichu calls were set by bombs. The next set Tichu was set even though the opposing team had two bombs. I had the perfect hand: AA,JJ,22,Ace high 8 long straight.

So Adam goes on a Tichu calling rampage. While the heroic team slowly crawls ahead to the finishing line. Jon's Tichu call on the last hand of the game gave our team the win! Woo woo!

For the first four hands, Adam and I passed our high cards to each other. Which is depressing. However, the other team only Tichued once during that time.

Adam's first Grand Tichu was interesting. He had a natural Ace bomb and was passed a two bomb. So it was no contest in that he was going out first. During the play, I noticed the fact that almost all of the points were taken by Adam. And even stated that fact out loud. Jon played the last couple of Kings to go out second. So I should have known that Ed had the Phoenix and somehow get him to be in the lead. However, my mind was on the rote task of going out next. Which meant that we got stuck with the -25 points. If I would have automatically passed when Ed got control, we would have ended the round with 115 points! Ugh!!

Adam's second Grand Tichu call was risky. With two Aces, a King, two Queens, and a Jack, I thought that either he was in trouble or we were certainly going out one/two.

On the fourth hand, Jon had all four Aces. How did we know this? Because Adam wished for an Ace, Ed passed, and I played a low card. Of course, only Adam really knew that Jon had all of the Aces. But I certainly suspected. Fortunately, Jon could not call Tichu since he had too many low singles to get rid of.

My first Tichu call was risky. However, since Adam passed low to me, I figured that he must have had some of the missing control cards. And, apparently we had all of the cards since we one-twoed.

On the last hand, I passed the Phoenix to Adam as I didn't think I was going to call Tichu. However, when it came time to play, all of my cards fit together. And I was able to go out first.

I had the Dragon a lot today in the cards that were dealt to me. Sadly, I was never able to use it. In my one Tichu call, a ten bomb stopped me. And I do not feel bad making that call. You can never predict that a bomb is out there.