How to Be Aware of the Score in Euchre

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" That's a natural trick too in hearts, because even, it's ace and these two, because even if he has the left and the right and a small one, he can't possibly get that ace out of you. So that's what I mean by having a natural stopper. However, let's just say that you don't have a natural stopper, but you're ahead nine to six. What is going to happen if it goes pass, pass, pass and he goes alone and makes it. And you wind up losing ten to nine. That's pretty, pretty discouraging. So there's a term in Euchre where you donate, you're donating two points. You fully expect to get Euchred, but now the idea is that okay, he set you because you really didn't have a chance. So now, it's nine to eight. You've given them two points, you kept them from going out. Now you have the deal and you have the advantage. If you're the dealer and you're ahead nine to eight, you've got a lot of room there to play with. Now, you may get a bad hand and lose, but it's sure a lot better than losing to a loner. That's the worst way to lose a game is to lose to a loner that you could have prevented by donating two points. Um, the only other exception is if the score is eight to eight, and we'll look at that scenario. If the score is eight to eight, you don't want to donate, because if, now I say eight to eight. Not eight to six, eight to eight. Because if it's eight to six um, the risk is that if you're at eight and they're at eight and you donate and you get set, they win the game ten to eight. So, you really don't want to use that strategy. It's best to use when the score is either nine to six or nine to seven. Because that way you can afford to take a set and loss. If the score is nine to eight, then donate may not work. So, you have to be very careful and if you have a guarded card, please keep in mind that that will be protection so that you can pass and give, just give them the one point. And also um, don't, there are some rare exceptions. Don't bid a loner when it's eight to eight because you don't need four points to win the game, if you're going to take them all, you only need two. And you have a partner there to help you. And that's all for that topic."