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Presented here are archives of euchre columns by Natty Bumppo, author of The
Columbus Book of Euchre, published on line. |
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A discussion of why to go alone when you can. An admonition to consider your position in the hand as well as your cards. A suggestion that it is better to play euchre by intuition than by formula. A spelling lesson. Instruction on what to do with singletons. Three history lessons. An essay on ethics. A lesson in mathematical probabilities. A lesson on when to trump your partners ace. A lesson in commercial promotion (its not euchre; but its relevant in the context). An explanation of reasons not to assist. An explanation of a time to go alone with 8 points. An explanation of the difference between bidding (as in spades and bridge) and calling (as in
euchre). An explanation of the rationale for not shifting the lead on a lone hand. An explanation of scoring. |
I make no apologies for criticism of the work of others.
Thats part of my job.
Natty Bumppo, author, |
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It was my fault we lost the game, not my partners.
By passing an opportunity to order for a safey (what some call a Columbus coup or a
donation), my partner showed me that he had a sure trick in the suit turned.
And there I sat with two sure tricks of my own, the bowers.
I should have ordered the diamond. For a point,
and the deal and, probably, the game.
Natty Bumppo, author, |
Issue 2: What do you do ahead
8 to 0?
Issue 3: Issue 4: Issue 5: Issue 6: Issue 7: Issue 8: Issue 9: Issue 10:
Natty Bumppo, author, |
Anyway, Fuller led the queen of spades; Johns partner, Hawk, dropped the jack of spades;
Fullers partner, Hedy, went up with the king, and John pulled in the trick with the ten
of diamonds. He returned the king of clubs.
Everyone followed suit, and it was Hawks lead.
Where Hawk went to school, we don't know Ohio?
Alabama? but he did not lead trump, either, even though he had a little trump.
He laid down the queen of hearts.
Natty Bumppo, author, |
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In two-handed pinochle you do not have to follow suit at all in the first round of play.
In 7-up you can trump any time, even when you have a card of the suit led. In spoil five, a game akin to euchre, there are certain high trump you do not have to follow suit with when lower trump is led. |
A renege is actually a privileged legal renunciation, as in the examples above.
The word comes from the medieval Latin re and negare, meaning (when
combined) to deny forcefully.
Natty Bumppo, author, |
I would assume, wrote the Panhandler, one Jonah W. B. Myers,
the point is to keep out the mystery of whether or not a trump card is out of
play so you know its out there, but you still dont know
where.
Natty Bumppo, author, P.S. |
Its 4 to 4; the nine of hearts is turned up; and you are in third chair holding
both red bowers, the queen of hearts, the ten of diamonds and the ten of clubs.
What do you do if you have a partner you know and trust?
Natty Bumppo, author, |
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February 18, 2005
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** (2 stars) Cory (age 11) * (1 star) |
Thanks, kids but, please, spell my name right?
And, Cory thats Columbus Indiana, not Ohio.
Natty Bumppo, author, |
The left was held unguarded by one of the opponents, but the other opponent held
the king, ten and nine of trump. It
was Redd Doggs partners failure to account for the possibility of a guarded
king, after the first trump lead (king guarded twice, as Billy
Bulldozer Arnold would say) that caused the catastrophe.
Doggs partner led trump twice more, lost her queen to the king, and watched the
opponent cash two little diamonds.
Natty Bumppo, author, |
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