Tuesday 3:11 AM

Absolutely 0 thought to breaking this up for me. If they run into something huge, such is life.

Daily Scrimmage should excite some folks today. 121 to 78 WIN

Hand 5 was the only marginally interesting discard. I saw it at 61-55* but ultimately played safe today.

Wordle 1,550 4/6*

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Tuesday 3:12 AM

I'll hold the 8 points as it is the beginning of the game and toss the 5Q.

Tuesday 3:15 AM

Keeping the pat 8 points.

Tuesday 3:20 AM

Keep the double run and hope for a doggone beneficial cut

Tuesday 4:01 AM

Q9 from me. I considered discarding 9d so that I could fake holding a flush, but went for the conventional 9s-Q in the end.

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Not as good as Tevdodd above, (78 wow!), but still a skunk win.

1. 6c-J
2. 8-8
3. 3-9, (should have trusted Bruce's A-3).
4. 7-K
5. 3-10
6. 2-8
7. 4-8
8. J-J, (*119-89).

Wordle 1,550 4/6

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An unflattering political term, surprised they used it. I'm not a fan of the word I chose in position three either.

Tuesday 4:21 AM

Give up three or four points ( no )
. I guess we gambled well there. Hope its a luck game here for you. dec

Tuesday 4:45 AM

Since it’s the first hand, breaking up the run gives away too many points, making Q5 worth the risk

Tuesday 4:59 AM

Like being aggressive on the first hand as non-dealer, but not going to sell the farm today. I love the 9-Q balking discard and the cards that will help the double run will help this hand, albeit not as much.

Tuesday 5:05 AM

You can't win a game on the first deal, but you can set yourself up to lose. Why push your opponent up the board when they are plus 8 before the game even starts?

Tuesday 5:34 AM

Closing my eyes and hoping!

Tuesday 5:40 AM

I with the others that also went this way....and for the same reasons.

Tuesday 5:59 AM

If you follow Colvert’s advice ( or others who say if you can hold a starting 8 do it ) the 5-Q is your choice. Decided not to send a discard that averages 7 across the board to hold eight that benefits from only 5/13 cuts….although three of them get you 15/16 points . Start with five ..10/13 cuts help …8-9-10 helps my keep as well as the 8-9-9-10

Tuesday 6:44 AM

Play like Al Miller. Plunk down that (5-Q) *immediately*, like it was the (9-Q). Lead the 9s.

Tuesday 7:27 AM

9-Q is a good enough balk that I’ll take the small hit on points to my hand. A 2 point difference in hand score plus not giving over a nice crib was worth it for the first hand.

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Tuesday 7:29 AM

Had to play it the same way. That crib could be painful.

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Tuesday 7:37 AM

Where am I going wrong? I see tow four card runs for 8 points. Then the pair of 9s for 2 more points which should be at least 10 points,in the hand.

Tuesday 7:58 AM

Tough call. This hold is aggressive but not unreasonably so.

Tuesday 8:25 AM

Most people say 'it's early" and go for it. I day "it's early, and I don't want to give it all away yet"

Tuesday 10:57 AM

Toss the T5 and keep 8 or toss the Q9 and keep 5. The T5 toss is 2 to the crib while the Q9 is one of the saltiest salts.

I'll toss the Q9 all day. I lose one net guaranteed point before the cut (8-2 vs. 5) for a crib which is worse for dealer and a hand that has a lot more cuts for help.

I am surprised that I am on the minority on this one here with folks with a lot more competitive experience than me.

Tuesday 11:11 AM

At 0-0* playing an Offense strategy for the pegging the dynamic expected averages and Win/Loss %s are:

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Offense____Hand_Pegs_Crib____Total___W9 %____W10 %
5-8-9D-10___7.61+1.33+(-3.84)=5.10____25.7____25.6
5-9-9-10____6.78+1.43+(-4.10)=4.11____23.8____23.7
8-9-9-10___10.35+1.26+(-7.53)=4.08____31.4____23.5

Offense_______L9 %____L10 %
5-8-9D-10______35.8____48.7
5-9-9-10_______35.9____50.0
8-9-9-10_______45.4____52.9

5-8-9D-10 is best for expected averages by 0.99pt. and although 8-9-9-10 is considerably best for Win %s it is very much highest for Loss %s owing to the 5-Q throw. So I'll select the 9S-Q to discard.

After the J cut I'll lead the 5 and play Offense:

Lead_____________Our Pegging Points
5_______________________1.86
8_______________________1.70
9_______________________1.45
10______________________1.26

Tuesday 12:13 PM

Tuesday 1:16 PM

There are (at least) four DCHers in the weekly top 50 of Daily Scrimmage at present. Well done everyone!

Tuesday 6:52 PM

I threw Q8 and was hoping for the Jack! 12points

Wednesday 1:03 AM

Its the fitst hand of the game so I took the risk and toss the Q-5 there is enough time to cut the opponent gap if he will get lucky and get mosterous crib