Tichu (18 September 2010)

More Tichu with Anna and Andrew. Anna was disappointed with her Tichu calling on Friday night and was eager to redeem herself. After a promising start, we failed twice in a row, while Anna and Andrew surged ahead. When I called Grand Tichu I felt confident with the Dragon and four Aces, but not so confident by the time the third bomb was played against me! Anna and Andrew cruised to victory only going backwards once, and making three 1-2s.

Hnd IA+AM AJ+AH
1.   160    40  Ian's Tichu
2.   200   200  Andrew's Tichu
3.   270   130  Anna fails Tichu
4.   170   330  Ian fails, Anna and Andrew 1-2
5.   120   380  Ian fails
6.   120   580  Anna and Andrew make 1-2 again
7.   385   615  Ian makes Grand Tichu against 3 bombs
8.   385   915  Andrew makes Tichu and 1-2
9.   545   955  Anne makes Tichu
10.  520  1080  our only points were the Pheonix!

In game 2 we were almost even after the fourth hand, but we stagnated soon after that and were well beaten. I think Andrew and Anna are well practiced for their Brisbane trip.

Hnd IA+AM AJ+AH
1.    30   170  Anna's Tichu
2.   130   170  Anne fails Tichu but we made 1-2
3.   325   175  Ian's Tichu and lots of points
4.   245   255  Anne fails Tichu
5.   245   455  Andrew and Anna 1-2
6.   315   385  Anna fails Tichu
7.   410   490  Anna's Tichu but not many points
8.   445   555
9.   445   855  Anna's Tichu and 1-2
10.  415   985  Ian fails Tichu, Andrew makes Tichu
11.  415  1285  Andrew's Tichu and 1-2

Anne and I had discussed passing strategies earlier but such things are tricky to put into practice. We probably didn't swap Aces as often as Carl and I had the night before but apart from that I don't think the agreement helped us very much.