Going Alone in Euchre — Four Points, and the Mistake That Costs Them

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Going alone is worth four points in a game that only runs to ten. Two hands played out in full, both holding BOTH BOWERS, a third trump and an ace outside — on paper the same hand. One scores four; the other gets euchred. The difference is not the cards but when trump was named: ordering up in round one gives the turned card to the dealer, and here that card is the ace of spades, which comes back to take the trick that ends the hand.

Compare two Euchre loners with both bowers: one wins four points, while ordering up the wrong trump card costs the other hand.

Watch what changes between the two rounds of bidding. Ordering up gives the dealer a card; naming trump in round two does not. The second hand shows why the card you give away matters when your partner sits out.

Chapters

1. 0:00 Four points, and why it's rare
2. 0:32 Calling clubs alone
3. 0:52 What going alone actually costs
4. 1:14 Cashing the outside aces
5. 1:51 Running the trumps
6. 2:14 A lone march — four points
7. 2:30 The same hand, called wrong
8. 2:43 Ordering up the ace of spades
9. 2:58 The card you just gave the dealer
10. 3:25 It gets trumped
11. 4:15 The ace comes back
12. 4:33 Euchred, and the lesson

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