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                        <title>Default Time Out on Kitty</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 19:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Suggestion - the timing change for when the computer auto-chooses the kitty (replacement of kitty), is too fast.  It&#039;s tolerable for single deck cutthroat, but need more time on double deck....]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Suggestion - the timing change for when the computer auto-chooses the kitty (replacement of kitty), is too fast.  It's tolerable for single deck cutthroat, but need more time on double deck.  Just doubling the time before it auto picks would be more reasonable.  Thanks!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://www.pinochle.net/forum/cutthroat-app-issues/">Cutthroat App Issues</category>                        <dc:creator>Sparty</dc:creator>
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                        <title>First line of advice</title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 01:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I can&#039;t find my first post so I have to assume it&#039;s locked in some other area of this program. So I&#039;ll repost it : I don&#039;t know why you guys think it&#039;s cool to lead a non counter ie, jacks u...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I can't find my first post so I have to assume it's locked in some other area of this program. So I'll repost it : I don't know why you guys think it's cool to lead a non counter ie, jacks usually into the driver your first lead his or her way. You should be able to look at your hand and measure what you saw when the meld was down pretty much what aces the driver has. If you can't do that then this really isn't the game for you. Try a spades table. But if you can use your power of perception to glene what aces the driver has and more than likely might have. You should lead pointers into the driver.once again, if you have a king and a 10 in the suit you think the driver has aces in lead the king first that way if he only has one ace you will force the bidder off an ace. It's just like holding out on giving your partner a pointer for no good reason.there isn't one thing cool about leading jacks into the driver your first pass. Wtf? Stop it!! One other thing : Don't dump your aces of trump right off the bat. That gives the bidder control of the trump. And don't dump your other aces either. Look, if you're in the backseat you usually get second lead if you dump your aces the bidder will know what the driver is holding and clown his or her attempt to drive. Also and equally as important dumping your aces takes the power away from the driver to force the bidder off his tens. If you maintain your aces the driver can feed you three pointers k-t-a then the bidder won't be able to clown you with tens at the end of the hand. Now for the driver : it's the backseats job to get you in the lead so you can drive the destruction of the bidder. So don't dump your aces either. Use your power of perception to pump kings at the bidder when you know his aces are exhausted. That will pull the tens out of the bidders hand and feed your partner three pointers. I understand that every hand is different but this strategy works right most of the time.  Thanks for your time and set some fool's]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://www.pinochle.net/forum/cutthroat-app-issues/">Cutthroat App Issues</category>                        <dc:creator>Dangokills</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Advice</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 07:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[OMG! I just type almost this whole thing out and towards the end something happened and I lost it all so this is the second time I&#039;m writing this. It looks like some of you have read my last...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[OMG! I just type almost this whole thing out and towards the end something happened and I lost it all so this is the second time I'm writing this. It looks like some of you have read my last post. To that as a good job and well done. Now I want to brush back over some of the last advice and then geive some more. Okay, when you're the rider or backseat and you have a king and a 10 you should play your king into the driver first then play your 10 next that way if the driver only has one ace your 10 will pull an Ace from the bidder. Also when you're in the backseat you play your Queens first that way you can play Jack's into the driver when you get the bidder cutting. If the driver has been playing his jacks first he will have saved his Queens to play over the rider jacks and bitter will get no pointers in the cut. Now that brings me to another subject the most important one: in "options" I have the must beat last card active but for some reason that doesn't work. Let me explain why that is so important: one of the main things that separates pinochle from spades is the fact that you cannot Slough. If you can beat the last card played you must beat it you can't throw a Queen on a king if you have a 10 or Ace. You must beat that King with your 10 or Ace if you can. That gives you the power to force your opponent off the tops of his suits by playing tens at him. If you throw under and you don't have to you're raping the game the program should be set up to force you if you have that active in your options. That gives you the power that makes pinochle such a great game. The ability to force a hand is the power of the game. You might as well be playing spades if you're slughg tricks. One other thing I must say is : people that don't really understand the game will say it's not a partner game but that is BS. It is a partner game every single hand! The driver and the rider are or freaking should be partner's. Every hand of the game. It's the two of you against the poor sap that bid out his or her rear end. It's up to us to punish that fool! I realize I'm that foolish sap often but that's part of the games beauty. It can make you powerful and humble you all at the same time! I have a couple more issues that I'll air out at a later date but if we get this much straightened out the game will be much closer to how it should be. Trust me, I'm a pinochologist.]]></content:encoded>
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