“Mix it up and see what happens.”
This has been our theme for September/Octoberrelated to players sitting at random tables playing with different people and perhaps different partners.
This approach seems to have achieved the objective with players partnering different
people lifting the experience level and making the sessions more interesting as well as
providing real time mentoring and social interaction.
Team sizes. We often have uneven numbers attending our twice monthly sessions
meaning the ideal team of two pairs each table is not able to be met. Five Hundred
rules do have the flexibility to allow for various player numbers in a game. Recently we
have had 14 players attending, who were split into two teams of 4 and two teams of 3.
A three player team plays with three hands dealt or the option of a fourth dead hand.
Both were played recently where it was noted that with only three hands dealt, players
who counted cards had an advantage, over the dead hand option. The lesson “play
three handed games without a dead hand at your peril, or learn how to count cards
which will improve your chances of winning”
Keep shuffling!
Doug Smith
This has been our theme for September/Octoberrelated to players sitting at random tables playing with different people and perhaps different partners.
This approach seems to have achieved the objective with players partnering different
people lifting the experience level and making the sessions more interesting as well as
providing real time mentoring and social interaction.
Team sizes. We often have uneven numbers attending our twice monthly sessions
meaning the ideal team of two pairs each table is not able to be met. Five Hundred
rules do have the flexibility to allow for various player numbers in a game. Recently we
have had 14 players attending, who were split into two teams of 4 and two teams of 3.
A three player team plays with three hands dealt or the option of a fourth dead hand.
Both were played recently where it was noted that with only three hands dealt, players
who counted cards had an advantage, over the dead hand option. The lesson “play
three handed games without a dead hand at your peril, or learn how to count cards
which will improve your chances of winning”
Keep shuffling!
Doug Smith
