6TAKES - Aqua's Game 36 - Hand 4 - DreamLyrics Play-by-Post

6TAKES - Aqua's Game 36 - Hand 4

Final Board:

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  16 |  27 |  30 |  35 |     | xxx |      7
|     |     |  *3 |  *2 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  46 |  53 |  76 |     |     | xxx |      3
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  80 |  94 |  95 |  98 |  99 | xxx |      12
|  *3 |     |  *2 |     |  *5 |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  91 |  93 | 100 | 103 | xxx |      7
|     |     |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Final scores for Game 36:
Gypsy 16
AJ 35
Weez 52
Argus 67

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  32 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  62 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  80 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      3
|  *3 |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Argus - 91
AJ - 93
Gypsy - 100
Weez - 103

No one wants to get stuck high, so everyone heads for Row 4, filling it.

Want to try that again, everyone?

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  32 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  62 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  80 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      3
|  *3 |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  91 |  93 | 100 | 103 | xxx |      7
|     |     |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Weez - 33
Argus - 36
Gypsy - 94
AJ - 95

Weez and Argus head for the safety of a wide-open Row 1, whilst Gypsy and AJ make sure they don't get stuck high, now on Row 3 which is accumulating points.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  32 |  33 |  36 |     |     | xxx |      7
|     |  *5 |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  62 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  80 |  94 |  95 |     |     | xxx |      6
|  *3 |     |  *2 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  91 |  93 | 100 | 103 | xxx |      7
|     |     |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Weez - 7
Gypsy - 17
AJ - 98
Argus - 99

Weez and Gypsy fight for the right to party bust. Weez walks away with the point.

AJ and Argus play along with the plan to fill the top rows with lots of points!

CORRECTED

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   7 |  17 |     |     |     | xxx |      2
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  32 |  33 |  36 |     |     | xxx |      7
|     |  *5 |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  80 |  94 |  95 |  98 |  99 | xxx |      12
|  *3 |     |  *2 |     |  *5 |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  91 |  93 | 100 | 103 | xxx |      7
|     |     |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Gypsy - 18
AJ - 24
Argus - 28
Weez - 41

Gypsy heads for Row 1 that she set herself up for last turn, with AJ and Argus on her heels. They fill the row.

Weez plays the rebel and lands on Row 2.

Only one free spot on the board! Anyone with the 42 has the answer to life, the universe, and everything.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   7 |  17 |  18 |  24 |  28 | xxx |      5
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  32 |  33 |  36 |  41 |     | xxx |      8
|     |  *5 |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  80 |  94 |  95 |  98 |  99 | xxx |      12
|  *3 |     |  *2 |     |  *5 |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  91 |  93 | 100 | 103 | xxx |      7
|     |     |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Argus - 42
AJ - 78
Weez - 79
Gypsy - 85

Argus is the lucky holder of the 42 and slips it into the last available slot on the board.

Everyone else plays high, trying to avoid being second on Row 2, but AJ misses out by a single pip, taking 9 points. Weez and Gypsy follow along.

Borrows Weez's hankie!

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   7 |  17 |  18 |  24 |  28 | xxx |      5
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  78 |  79 |  85 |     |     | xxx |      4
|     |     |  *2 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  80 |  94 |  95 |  98 |  99 | xxx |      12
|  *3 |     |  *2 |     |  *5 |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  91 |  93 | 100 | 103 | xxx |      7
|     |     |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

AJ - 25
Argus - 70
Gypsy - 81
Weez - 82

AJ decides to take 4 more points, claiming the old Row 2 to bring his two-turn total to an unlucky 13 and removing the illusion of 2 open spots.

Nobody else was headed for those open spots anyway, with everyone else landing on the new Row 2. Argus lands first and claims 5 points.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  25 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      2
|  *2 |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  70 |  81 |  82 |     |     | xxx |      5
|  *3 |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  80 |  94 |  95 |  98 |  99 | xxx |      12
|  *3 |     |  *2 |     |  *5 |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  91 |  93 | 100 | 103 | xxx |      7
|     |     |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

AJ - 1
Argus - 3
Gypsy - 13
Weez - 55

Gypsy was eager to bust Row 1 for 2 points, but Argus edged ahead of her with his VIP pass.

Not to be outdone, AJ produced his "front of the line" pass and claimed the points.

Weez still ends up safely as the high card on Row 1 where she intended, with a very different landscape below her.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   1 |   3 |  13 |  55 |     | xxx |      10
|     |     |     |  *7 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  70 |  81 |  82 |     |     | xxx |      5
|  *3 |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  80 |  94 |  95 |  98 |  99 | xxx |      12
|  *3 |     |  *2 |     |  *5 |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  91 |  93 | 100 | 103 | xxx |      7
|     |     |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Gypsy - 46
AJ - 53
Argus - 58
Weez - 73

Gypsy and AJ go for the walk down strategy, with Gypsy taking 5 points for Row 2.

Argus and Weez vie for the last spot on the new Row 2, with Argus claiming the spot and Weez claiming 11 points.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  46 |  53 |     |     |     | xxx |      2
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  73 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  80 |  94 |  95 |  98 |  99 | xxx |      12
|  *3 |     |  *2 |     |  *5 |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  91 |  93 | 100 | 103 | xxx |      7
|     |     |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Weez - 9
AJ - 14
Gypsy - 29
Argus - 76

Weez changes strategy and heads to the front of the line this time, collecting Row 2's point. AJ and Gypsy follow behind. Argus lands on the new Row 2.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   9 |  14 |  29 |     |     | xxx |      3
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  46 |  53 |  76 |     |     | xxx |      3
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  80 |  94 |  95 |  98 |  99 | xxx |      12
|  *3 |     |  *2 |     |  *5 |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  87 |  91 |  93 | 100 | 103 | xxx |      7
|     |     |     |  *3 |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Weez - 16
AJ - 27
Argus - 30
Gypsy - 35

Weez is up again with her choice of 3-point rows. Since it doesn't matter in the outcome, I'll arbitrarily pick the lower one. Everyone else follows along!

Final scores this hand:

Argus 5
Gypsy 5
AJ 15
Weez 16

Final scores for Game 36:
Gypsy 16
AJ 35
Weez 52
Argus 67

Congrats Gypsy!

Thanks!