Jon continues to work up until the starting time. What a work-a-holic. So, we started a Tichu game. Initially, John was displeased for being placed on Chapel’s team. He then made us draw for partners. It was poetic justice when the cards determined that he remain with Mike.
On the first hand, John calls Tichu and was set by me. The next hand, John again calls Tichu and leads a length nine straight. This time, I over-Tichu and play an Ace-high straight. Given my three Aces and Dragon, I had an easy time of stopping John (surprisingly enough, Chapel knew I had those cards). But I don’t blame him for calling Tichu with a long straight.
For the next three hands, Doug had a natural bomb. On one, he helped me go out on my Tichu and on the remaining two, he made his Tichus.
With such a commanding lead at this point, you would think that the game would coast to the finish. But the other team came back a little bit. Mike a couple of Tichus (with Jon helping on one). However, I was able to deal the death-blow when I made my Tichu with points to spare.
| GT/T | Team #1 | GT/T | GT/T | Team #2 | GT/T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MarkH & DougG | MikeCh & JohnG | ||||
|
55
|
T- | -55 | |||
| T+ |
230
|
T- | -130 | ||
| T+ |
420
|
-120 | |||
| 535 | T+ |
-35
|
|||
|
710
|
T+ | -10 | |||
| 755 | T+ |
145
|
|||
| 860 | T+ |
240
|
|||
| 865 | T+ |
435
|
|||
| T+ |
1040
|
460 |
Next up was Mc Multi. I was happy when someone suggested it. It had been a while since it was last on this table. I started off spending all of my money but $13 on a refinery, a gas station, and a bunch of oil rigs. I hoped to get lucky and strike oil first. Doug saved some money to possibly switch strategies after the first couple of turns played out. Jon was on the sell gas route with no oil rigs.
When play got back to me, no one had struck oil. So i thought I had another chance at a lucky strike. But the opposite happened when I caused both a change in economics and a news event. A $50 tax on refineries came up and I had to sell almost everything to pay it off. Sigh. I probably could have recovered from that, but the dice were against me in this game. I almost never was able to sell gas on the open market while others could. And when I was finally able to sell, the price was so low that it was not worth it. So I just coasted out the game and worked on the computer. I ended the game in last place.