** 500 **

redwill · Post by **redwill** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:28 pm

See the other thread for discussion.

For this first game, I'll be mod and we'll use my rules because I'm used to that.

So we need four players. Partners will be determined randomly, unless people wanna pick partners.

Juice and Troy Loney have said they're in, so we need two more players.

I have to be gone for a few hours, but then I can randomize the deck and we'll start.

redwill · Post by **redwill** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 7:57 pm

OK, then.

Nevermind.

Rylan · Post by **Rylan** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:03 pm

Is there anything special the dealer needs to know? Because if not, I could deal allowing for the need of only 1 more player.

Post by **relantel** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:07 pm

I'll give it a try. Would bow out to someone who has played before.

redwill · Post by **redwill** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:30 pm

I actually had a lot of fun playing with myself. Hahaha.

Good enough.

This is going nowhere, though.

Post by **Juice** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 5:31 pm

Don't give up.

Post by **Juice** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 5:33 pm

Rylan you deal I'll partner up with rel.
Redwill it was difficult to read all of that and I know how to pay the game. We just need to try one game.

Post by **Willie Kool** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:26 pm

I'll play.

Post by **Willie Kool** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:28 pm

Although I've never played 500, and it's been years since I've played any card games. But I think I get the basic idea.

redwill · Post by **redwill** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:10 pm

OK. Juice will partner with rel and Troy will partner with WK, if that's acceptable.

Rylan and I will co-mod this first game, if he's still willing.

N: Juice
E: Troy Loney
S: relantel
W: Willie Kool

We'll start with W being dealer, so first bid goes to N: Juice.

I'll randomize the deck and distribute hands.

Post by **Juice** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:57 pm

redwill · Post by **redwill** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:06 pm

Hands have been distributed.

N: Juice has passed.

For this first game, 6 bids and up are acceptable, though 6 bids will be mocked.

The scoring table:

Spoiler:

E: Troy Loney is up.

Post by **Juice** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:31 pm

6bidlol

Rylan · Post by **Rylan** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:41 am

Yea I am still willing to learn to deal.

Troy Loney · Post by **Troy Loney** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:06 am

Nevermind
I'll bid 7 hearts.

redwill · Post by **redwill** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:27 am

Sorry I wasn't around yesterday. Swamped.

relantel PM'd me that he passes.

WK is up.

EDIT: Just a reminder to WK that he can pass, leaving Troy's 7 Hearts as the winner, or overbid Troy.

Troy Loney · Post by **Troy Loney** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:35 am

Willie Kool wrote:Although I've never played 500, and it's been years since I've played any card games. But I think I get the basic idea.

Do you need sort of a walkthrough of your options right now and what's going on?

I bid 7 hearts, if you pass i'll take the widow and then lead the first hand. Then whoever takes the trick from then on will lead. we'd need to win 7 out of 10 hands to get the points.

If you were stong in red you'd maybe want to up the bid to 8, if your strong in black you'd have to bid 8 to take control, and you'd know that i'd be more of a red hand.

Sorry if this is too leading...just trying to explain some gameplay.

redwill · Post by **redwill** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:47 am

That's fine, Troy. This first game (and especially this first hand), it's good to offer advice. Without revealing too much, of course.

EDIT: Remember, though, that we can discuss what would have been a good play after the hand is over.

Post by **Willie Kool** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:53 am

redwill · Post by **redwill** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:05 am

Troy wins the bid with 7 Hearts.

Widow has been PM'd to Troy. He leads play.

Hearts is trump.

relantel PM'd me yesterday that he probably won't be around until noon-ish, so no hurry.

Troy Loney · Post by **Troy Loney** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:11 am

Leading with.

Jack Hearts

redwill · Post by **redwill** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:13 am

A reminder as play progresses:

You MUST follow suit if you can. If Troy leads a Heart, you MUST play a Heart if you have one. If he leads a Spade, you MUST play a Spade, if you have one, etc. If you have no card of the suit led, you can play whatever you want. Trump takes any suit (and a higher trump takes that), otherwise, the highest card of the suit led wins the trick.

Also, remember that the JOKER is always trump, so it's a Heart (the highest trump, in fact). And the JACK of Diamonds is also trump (the third-highest trump).

redwill · Post by **redwill** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:16 am

Also, it's traditional at this point that the women at the table start talking about anything unrelated to cards and annoy the hell out of the guys.

Post by **relantel** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:47 am

I'm here. play is same order as bid, so I'm up?

Troy Loney · Post by **Troy Loney** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:48 am

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