6TAKES - Aqua's Game 26 - Hand 2 - DreamLyrics Play-by-Post

6TAKES - Aqua's Game 26 - Hand 2

Final Board:

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  35 |  40 |  44 |  57 |     | xxx |      11
|  *2 |  *3 |  *5 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  53 |  70 |     |     |     | xxx |      4
|     |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  62 |  72 |  78 |  84 |     | xxx |      4
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  67 |  91 |  93 |  94 |     | xxx |      4
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Scores at the end of this round:
AJ 12
Gypsy 29
Argus 31
Weez 41

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  11 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      5
|  *5 |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  42 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  45 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      2
|  *2 |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  59 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

AJ - 13
Argus - 48
Weez - 60
Gypsy - 96

AJ plants his flag on Row 1, while Argus chooses Row 3. Weez and Gypsy take a relaxing stroll onto Row 4.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  11 |  13 |     |     |     | xxx |      6
|  *5 |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  42 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  45 |  48 |     |     |     | xxx |      3
|  *2 |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  59 |  60 |  96 |     |     | xxx |      5
|     |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Weez - 15
AJ - 16
Gypsy - 49
Argus - 98

The combination of space and future point potential attracts Weez and AJ to Row 1 with guaranteed safe plays, leaving only one spot on a somewhat expensive row.

Gypsy and Argus also play cards guaranteed to be safe this round.

But space, and safety, is getting scarce.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  11 |  13 |  15 |  16 |     | xxx |      9
|  *5 |     |  *2 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  42 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  45 |  48 |  49 |     |     | xxx |      4
|  *2 |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  59 |  60 |  96 |  98 |     | xxx |      6
|     |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Argus - 2
Weez - 9
Gypsy - 46
AJ - 64

Argus and Weez race for the 1-point row, with Argus winning by a comfortable margin. That leaves only one spot on the former Row 1 for Gypsy and AJ to fight over. Fortunately for Gypsy, AJ decided he liked Row 3 better and lets her claim that spot unchallenged!

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   2 |   9 |     |     |     | xxx |      2
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  11 |  13 |  15 |  16 |  46 | xxx |      10
|  *5 |     |  *2 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  45 |  48 |  49 |  64 |     | xxx |      5
|  *2 |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  59 |  60 |  96 |  98 |     | xxx |      6
|     |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Argus - 20
Weez - 66
Gypsy - 67
AJ - 91

There's room for 3 on Row 1 but only one person plays there. Argus uneventfully dumps a low card.

There's room for 1 on Row 3, but three people play there. Weez cleverly slips in a high point card just in time for Gypsy to take 10 points, while AJ played high enough to avoid the carnage.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   2 |   9 |  20 |     |     | xxx |      5
|     |     |  *3 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  11 |  13 |  15 |  16 |  46 | xxx |      10
|  *5 |     |  *2 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  67 |  91 |     |     |     | xxx |      2
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  59 |  60 |  96 |  98 |     | xxx |      6
|     |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Gypsy - 21
AJ - 22
Weez - 100
Argus - 101

The players pair up two by two, with neither pair wanting to risk the 2-point Row 3, a likely bust target.

Gypsy and AJ aim for Row 1, both with guaranteed safe plays.

Weez and Argus both head for Row 4, where there's only a single spot and for the second consecutive turn, Weez plays spoiler and fills the row with 9 points just in time for Argus to clear it.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   2 |   9 |  20 |  21 |  22 | xxx |      11
|     |     |  *3 |     |  *5 |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  11 |  13 |  15 |  16 |  46 | xxx |      10
|  *5 |     |  *2 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  67 |  91 |     |     |     | xxx |      2
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
| 101 |     |     |     |     | xxx |      1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

AJ - 8
Weez - 17
Argus - 93
Gypsy - 94

The 1 point bust row attracts two volunteers, but AJ claims the point and spares Weez the trouble.

That leaves Argus and Gypsy some nice room on the former Row 3 to settle comfortably down, with elbow room to spare!

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   8 |  17 |     |     |     | xxx |      2
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|   2 |   9 |  20 |  21 |  22 | xxx |      11
|     |     |  *3 |     |  *5 |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  11 |  13 |  15 |  16 |  46 | xxx |      10
|  *5 |     |  *2 |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  67 |  91 |  93 |  94 |     | xxx |      4
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Weez - 18
AJ - 81
Argus - 86
Gypsy - 87

With two full rows in the middle, the options were slim. Playing under the 17 would earn 2 points, but nobody did that. Only the 18 or 19 could play on Row 1 and be guaranteed safe; and Weez takes advantage of that guarantee.

That left the other three players going high. Nobody played over the 94 on Row 4, meaning there was a race to not take Row 3. AJ, unfortunately, loses that race with the lowest of the cards in the 80s, collecting 10 points. Argus and Gypsy let out a sigh of relief as they don't get those points.

Phew..

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   8 |  17 |  18 |     |     | xxx |      3
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|   2 |   9 |  20 |  21 |  22 | xxx |      11
|     |     |  *3 |     |  *5 |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  81 |  86 |  87 |     |     | xxx |      3
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  67 |  91 |  93 |  94 |     | xxx |      4
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Gypsy - 62
Weez - 72
Argus - 78
AJ - 84

Gypsy may have been spared the last round, but unfortunately as everybody squeezes onto Row 2, she can't avoid those 11 points.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   8 |  17 |  18 |     |     | xxx |      3
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  62 |  72 |  78 |  84 |     | xxx |      4
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  81 |  86 |  87 |     |     | xxx |      3
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  67 |  91 |  93 |  94 |     | xxx |      4
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Argus - 31
Gypsy - 34
Weez - 53
AJ - 70

The situation is not as dire, but the choices are equally slim as everyone crowds on to Row 1. This time the goal was not to be the third person in line, a fate AJ avoids by playing high, and Argus and Gypsy avoid by playing low. Weez is stuck in the middle, collecting 5 points.

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  53 |  70 |     |     |     | xxx |      4
|     |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  62 |  72 |  78 |  84 |     | xxx |      4
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  81 |  86 |  87 |     |     | xxx |      3
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  67 |  91 |  93 |  94 |     | xxx |      4
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |      
 -----------------------------------

Order of Play:

Gypsy - 35
AJ - 40
Argus - 44
Weez - 57

Everyone plays low enough to bust for the final turn, but it's Gypsy who gets the choice of rows, collecting 3 points for Row 3.

Scores this round:
Player Score
Weez 5
Argus 10
AJ 11
Gypsy 24

Cumulative scores this game:
AJ 12
Gypsy 29
Argus 31
Weez 41