Playing 500
January 14th, 2006
Lately, between Backgammon, Chess, Poker and Volleyball, we have been playing 500. It’s interesting to teach new people the game and to see how they take up different tactics. I wanted to enumerate here some of the sayings Dad used to tell us when he was teaching us to play.
- Never send a boy to do a man’s job. This means, when you are going to trump, trump big, cause you don’t want to waste your trump.
- Play them as you see them. Play the best cards in your hand, this usually means leads trumps.
He also taught us that when calling, that your first call, should be an Ace, so you call 6 clubs, if you have the Ace in your hand. If you have the joker, you should call 6 No Trumps. This all works fine if you know that your partner is working the same way and that you won’t be left on your 6 call.