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Re:The $1M shot that changed sports contests forever by andy-j on Monday August 07, 2023 @11:39AM (#37035961)
How does it differ from, say, Euchre or Kaiser?
Re:The $1M shot that changed sports contests forever by snarf21 on Monday August 07, 2023 @11:59AM (#37036200)
Like contract Bridge, there is always a Dummy which adds a lot of strategic depth. The Dummy is played via a very simple automata that players can leverage against the other players. This game is not teams, but is basically everyone against the Declarer. It also contains a doubling step pre-play that pulls in some of the strategy of vulnerable/double/redouble from Bridge. It uses a larger deck size similar to Bridge so you have a lot of information about what remains when trying to make your contract and make others miss theirs.