6 Takes - Gypsy's Game 43 Round 1 - DreamLyrics Play-by-Post

6TAKES - Game 43 Round 1

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 CARD                           ROW
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   8 |     |     |     |     | xxx |     1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   3 |  30 |  37 |  61 |  70 | xxx |     9
|     |  *3 |     |     |  *3 |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  80 |     |     |     |     | xxx |     3
|  *3 |     |     |     |     |  x  |
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  88 | 100 | 101 | 102 |     | xxx |     10
|  *5 |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |
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Current Round
Players: AL Alduin Aqua Argus Weez

Round 1 Turn 1

TURN START POSITION

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   1 |     |     |     |     | xxx |     1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |  
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  40 |     |     |     |     | xxx |     3
|  *3 |     |     |     |     |  x  |
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  71 |     |     |     |     | xxx |     1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |  
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  88 |     |     |     |     | xxx |     5
|  *5 |     |     |     |     |  x  |
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Play in order of lowest card first:

Argus 4
AJ 6
Alduin 11*5
Aqua 27
Weez 100*3

Row 1 attracts a lot of interest, principally from everyone except for Weez. She heads to the dizzy heights of row 4!

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Round 1 Turn 2

TURN START POSITION

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   1 |   4 |   6 |  11 |  27 | xxx |     9
|     |     |     |  *5 |     |  x  |  
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  40 |     |     |     |     | xxx |     3
|  *3 |     |     |     |     |  x  |
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  71 |     |     |     |     | xxx |     1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |  
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  88 | 100 |     |     |     | xxx |     8
|  *5 |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |
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Play in order of lowest card first:

Weez 13
Alduin 73
AJ 87
Argus 101
Aqua 102

Weez heads in to bust row 3! Only 1 point

Alduin and AJ now land on the new row 3!

Argus and Aqua rush to ditch high cards!

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Round 1 Turn 3

TURN START POSITION

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  13 |     |     |     |     | xxx |     1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   1 |   4 |   6 |  11 |  27 | xxx |     9
|     |     |     |  *5 |     |  x  |  
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  40 |  73 |  87 |     |     | xxx |     5
|  *3 |     |     |     |     |  x  |
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  88 | 100 | 101 | 102 |     | xxx |     10
|  *5 |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |
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Play in order of lowest card first:

Alduin 15*2
Weez 20*3
Aqua 92
Argus 94
AJ 99*5

Row 1 is selling real estate at knock down prices! Alduin and Weez both stake a claim, pushing up values considerably.

Although row 3 is a much more pricier option, three players rush to view the portfolio. Aqua and Argus settle there, plesed with the sea views but AJ loses his deposit of 7 points!

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Round 1 Turn 4

TURN START POSITION

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  13 |  15 |  20 |     |     | xxx |     6
|     |  *2 |  *3 |     |     |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   1 |   4 |   6 |  11 |  27 | xxx |     9
|     |     |     |  *5 |     |  x  |  
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  99 |     |     |     |     | xxx |     5
|  *5 |     |     |     |     |  x  |
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  88 | 100 | 101 | 102 |     | xxx |     10
|  *5 |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |
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Play in order of lowest card first:

Argus 9
AJ 19
Alduin 21
Weez 67
Aqua 81

Argus decides a bust is preferable and takes our row 3!

AJ follows on.

Alduin happily plays on the new row 2.

Unfortunately Weez has to bust row 3 for 9 points!

And Aqua follows on.

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Row points tweaked

Round 1 Turn 5

TURN START POSITION

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|   9 |  19 |     |     |     | xxx |     2
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  13 |  15 |  20 |  21 |     | xxx |     7
|     |  *2 |  *3 |     |     |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  67 |  81 |     |     |     | xxx |     2
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |  
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  88 | 100 | 101 | 102 |     | xxx |     10
|  *5 |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |
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Play in order of lowest card first:

Argus 10*3
Alduin 22*5
Weez 29
Aqua 74
AJ 89

Argus likes his busts! Row 3 again but only 2 points this time

Alduin plays a sneaky card.. and traps Weez into a 12 point bust!

Aqua and AJ follow on

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Round 1 Turn 6

TURN START POSITION

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  10 |     |     |     |     | xxx |     3
|  *3 |     |     |     |     |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|   9 |  19 |     |     |     | xxx |     2
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  29 |  74 |  89 |     |     | xxx |     3
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  88 | 100 | 101 | 102 |     | xxx |     10
|  *5 |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |
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Play in order of lowest card first:

Alduin 16
Aqua 28
Weez 33*5
Argus 41
AJ 47

Alduin takes advantage od Argus's bust last round, playing his 16 on row 1.

Everyone else follows the 2 road. Aqua, Weez and Argus all finding parking room but AJ gets fined 9 points!

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Round 1 Turn 7

TURN START POSITION

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  10 |  16 |     |     |     | xxx |     4
|  *3 |     |     |     |     |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  47 |     |     |     |     | xxx |     1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  29 |  74 |  89 |     |     | xxx |     3
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  88 | 100 | 101 | 102 |     | xxx |     10
|  *5 |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |
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Play in order of lowest card first:

Alduin 18
Weez 34
Aqua 36
AJ 48
Argus 54

Some canny play this round!

Alduin makes the most of the opportunity he created, landing on row 1. At the same time conspiring with Weez & Aqua to fill row 1!

AJ also makes the most of the opportunity that he set up, Argus joing him.

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Round 1 Turn 8

TURN START POSITION

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  10 |  16 |  18 |  34 |  36 | xxx |     7
|  *3 |     |     |     |     |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  47 |  48 |  54 |     |     | xxx |     3
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  29 |  74 |  89 |     |     | xxx |     3
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  88 | 100 | 101 | 102 |     | xxx |     10
|  *5 |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |
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Play in order of lowest card first:

Alduin 3
Aqua 30*3
Weez 59
Argus 60*3
AJ 64

Alduin goes first, choosing to bust row 3.

Costs him 3 points. A lot more cautiously but with a similare idea, Aqua follows on.

Weez, Argus and AJ race to grab the last spots on the new row 3. Weez and Argus out pace AJ who ends up busting the row for 7 points!

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Round 1 Turn 9

TURN START POSITION

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   3 |  30 |     |     |     | xxx |     4
|     |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  10 |  16 |  18 |  34 |  36 | xxx |     7
|  *3 |     |     |     |     |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  64 |     |     |     |     | xxx |     1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  88 | 100 | 101 | 102 |     | xxx |     10
|  *5 |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |
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Play in order of lowest card first:

Aqua 49
Alduin 66*5
Weez 68
Argus 69
AJ 76

As he feared, Aqua is first in line to bust row 2 for 7 points!

I've seen worse.

Thanks to Aqua, everyone else fits onto row 3 filling it!

Round 1 Turn 10

TURN START POSITION

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 START                          BUST   CURRENT
 CARD                           ROW    ROW TOTAL
   V                             V
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|   3 |  30 |     |     |     | xxx |     4
|     |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |
|  49 |     |     |     |     | xxx |     1
|     |     |     |     |     |  x  | 
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  64 |  66 |  68 |  69 |  76 | xxx |     9
|     |  *5 |     |     |     |  x  |
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|     |     |     |     |     |  x  |   
|  88 | 100 | 101 | 102 |     | xxx |     10
|  *5 |  *3 |     |     |     |  x  |
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Play in order of lowest card first:

Alduin 8
Aqua 37
Argus 61
Weez 70*3
AJ 80*3

Alduin goes first taking out row 2 for just 1 point!

Aqua, Argus & Weez all go to play happily on the new row 2.

Whilst AJ once again falls foul of circumstances and busts row 3 for 9 points!

RESULTS END OF ROUND 1

Alduin = 4 points

Argus = 7 points

Aqua = 7 points

Weez = 22 points

AJ = 32 points

As I am away for a few days, I'll kick off the next round when I am back.