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12-09-2008, 10:35 AM
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Boom Goes the Dynamite
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I'll Beat You in Euchre, Son
I love me some online euchre. Given all your guys' (mine) onliine habits (What the hell's the real world?), I was wondering if anybody plays euchre as well. I hope this doesn't break "protocol", but my main site is Hardwood Euchre (funny name, right?). But i also play at pogo.com.
Any of you guys play? Last edited by Screwball; 12-09-2008 at 12:22 PM. |
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12-09-2008, 10:47 AM
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Vampire Weekend @Bernie's
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Re: I'll Beat You in Euchre, Son
I've never played online, but I play with my family all the time. We're crazy about it. If you need a partner some time, let me know.
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12-09-2008, 10:56 AM
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Resident optimist
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Re: I'll Beat You in Euchre, Son
I play at pogo occasionally. I haven't played in a while though.
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12-09-2008, 11:44 AM
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Re: I'll Beat You in Euchre, Son
I used to play online at Yahoo but haven't since I graduated from school. Bid Euchre is the standard card game for my family.
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12-09-2008, 01:01 PM
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Re: I'll Beat You in Euchre, Son
When I was in undergrad, I'd play it online on Yahoo periodically while killing time between classes. I think I had around a 70 percent winning percentage or thereabouts.
I still play occasionally in person with some friends, but not all that often. I've been pretty rusty playing it recently though.
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12-09-2008, 03:01 PM
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Re: I'll Beat You in Euchre, Son
Played a lot of cribbage on Yahoo in the past. Haven't in probably 3 years since. Euchre is huge in my wife's family. We play every get together from birthday's to christmas. I had never played it before, I usually just watch as they are much more experienced at it.
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12-09-2008, 04:16 PM
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Re: I'll Beat You in Euchre, Son
Are these sites free?
I've played euchre enough to know what's going on, but I still don't understand how someone can be really good at it. Isn't it mostly catching cards?
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12-09-2008, 04:29 PM
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Re: I'll Beat You in Euchre, Son
Pogo is free.
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12-09-2008, 04:38 PM
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Re: I'll Beat You in Euchre, Son
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As to your second question, oddly enough it isn't about just catching cards. I used to think that and saw my rating plummet when I first started online. After a few pointers and lessons from experience, I learned that euchre is a lot like poker in that aggressiveness pays off, and there's definitely some strategy as to how to play certain hands to maximize points. I won't go into detail and bore everyone to death, but suffice it to say that sitting around waiting for that lay down loner to come won't win you too many games. |
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12-09-2008, 04:39 PM
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Re: I'll Beat You in Euchre, Son
I play euchre all the time. Six handed bid euchre is my extended family's game of choice...it's a blast.
As mentioned earlier, if anyone ever needs an online partner, just let me know.
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12-09-2008, 04:41 PM
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12-09-2008, 05:14 PM
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12-09-2008, 05:25 PM
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Re: I'll Beat You in Euchre, Son
It is our card game of choice, but I don't play it (or honestly any) games online. My wife and I played another couple Saturday night after a small soccer banquet for the league our kids were in. It was guys vs. girls, and the guys won overwhelmingly!
There certainly is some amount of strategy, and I agree that aggressive is nearly always the way to play. I have only played turn-up (now the norm for us), and bid - both with the standard deck. I would be interested to understand more about the 6-handed version.
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12-09-2008, 05:59 PM
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Re: I'll Beat You in Euchre, Son
I used to play euchre online all the time when I was in school. I started playing poker online and kind of forgot about it, but reading this thread made me remember how much fun euchre was. Now I usually only play on the holidays with family, but I'll have to set aside some time to get back into it online.
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12-09-2008, 06:10 PM
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