Let’s talk card distribution. TBH this has been rattling around my head for a while, but I wasn’t quite sure what to ask. I still really don’t, but I’m going to try anyway.

What can I deduce (guesstimate) about card distribution based on the follow hands:

1. 4 suited, no jacks, but good mix of values?
2. 4 suited with 1 jack, mix of values?
3. 2 suited loner?
4. 3 suited, loner?
5. 4 suited, 2 jacks of opposite colors?
6. 3-4 suited, 2 jacks the same color?

If there is a better way to talk about this, please just take over the post.

Thanks everyone!

Assuming everyone passes, the top card of the kitty is turned over, I say no trump is a legitimate call.
What say you?

If I am sitting left of the dealer and can’t stop a loner, I order it up for a set. Better to give them 2 points instead of 4. People I play with don’t understand. Am I the only one doing this?

When it comes to ordering “next” are there specific rules on what you need to order next depending on your seat order? More specifically, are the “rules” for ordering next different from ordering the other two suits.
TIA

I was wondering what playing this signals, both as part of offense and defense. What does it signal you have when you play it. Strength? Weakness? Is it pointless? We have a ton of signals and I think this one could mean something

I went on a heater for a couple of days (win percentage over 60% maybe close to 66%) and got my ranking up to 1970 (just started playing online a month ago). Then I proceeded to lose 8 straight games. Most weren’t even close. Here are a couple of highlights :
- Lost 10-0 and lost all 15 tricks
- lost 11-4 without my partner or me ever calling trump. It was unreal. My partner euchered them twice (he won 5 of the six tricks) so maybe he could have been a little more aggressive calling trump. But I think it was 12 hands with them calling trump every time. S4 got stuck calling H and his partner had R/A and Ax. I probably won a total of 5 tricks and usually had a hand with no trump and no Aces.
- two or three games were 10-1 or 10-2
- lost 10-3 once where my partner went alone three times and couldn’t cash any on them. They had two loaners and won all 10 tricks with similar hands as my partner. We basically lost 5 coin flips in a row.

Just a total beatdown. I’m afraid to play right now.

You may want to re-think before you order up from R1S3!

Fellow Redditor and Leaderboard player, Brownsbacker, breaks things down for you!

Great series, best of 7.