Tichu (4 September 2010)

Another evening of Tichu with Andrew and Anna. Game one got off to a quiet start until I started to call Tichu. By the sixth hand Anna and Andrew were on 10 points, but then they pulled finger and made 995 while we lost 195.

Hnd IA+AM AJ+AH
1.    55    45
2.   100   100 (a quiet start)
3.   275   125 Ian's Tichu
4.   425   175 Ian's Tichu
5.   495   105 Anna failed Tichu
6.   690    10 Ian's Tichu while Andrew failed
7.   590   310 Andrew's Tichu and 1-2 while Ian failed Tichu
8.   510   490 Andrew's Tichu, while Anne failed
9.   495   705 Anna's Tichu
10.  495  1005 Anna's Tichu and 1-2

Game two got off to a faster start, by hand 4 we were even but after that Anna and Andrew accelerated away from us.

Hnd IA+AM AJ+AH
1.    20   180 Anna's Tichu
2.   320   180 Ian's Tichu and 1-2
3.   335   165 Anna failed Tichu
4.   250   250 Anne failed Tichu
5.   250   550 Andrew's Tichu and 1-2
6.   305   695 Anna's Tichu
7.   455   745 Ian's Tichu 
8.   480   920 Andrew's Tichu 
9.   535  1065 Anna's Tichu