Layne's First Move
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K
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Focus Card: 10 |
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J
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It is time for Layne to play his first move now, as Phil, the dealer for the first round, has dealt out nine cards to each player and also turned over the initial focus card. It is the 10. Layne must now see if he can Check, Queen, or Drop any cards onto the 10. If he does, he must play at least one of them.
He sees that he has no Checks (he doesn't hold the initial Checking card, which would in this case be a Jack) and therefore there are also no Queening sequences available either. But he indeed has several Dropping cards, the 2, 2, 5, 7, 7, and the 8. Layne must play one of these cards to complete his turn. He cannot go on to option two on the chart for "Three or More" cards because he DOES hold some Dropping cards. Layne chooses to play the 8. He places it face-up onto the 10. The 8 is now the new Focus card. There are no points scored for this play but he has reduced his hand by one card.
Phil's First Move
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Focus Card: 8 |
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Now Phil, the dealer for the round, must make his first play. He sees that in his hand he holds both Checking Sequences (9, 9 - 10, and 9 - 10 - J) and Dropping Cards (4, 6, 7). After a moment of thought, Phil decides that it is a bit early in the round to play the 9-10-J sequence, even though this would win him a point, because Layne would possibly be able to counter by Queening the Jack on his next play. Phil instead plays one of the dropping cards, the 4. He does not score a point for this play, but he does reduce his hand by one card.
Layne's Second Move
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Focus Card: 4 |
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J
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Layne sees that he has a Checking card, the 5, and some Drop cards (2, 2). At this point in the game, it is still early and Layne figures that he might want to hold on to the Deuces for now since they may come in very handy later on in the game when there are a lot of high cards in play. He could then use them as Dropping cards. And since he does have a Checking card, the decision is a bit easier still. He Checks the 5.
Phil's Second Move
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Focus Card: 5 |
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Phil is almost jumping for joy on the inside. This is one of the Focus cards he was hoping for. With the 5 as a Focus card, Phil is able to score a point via a Three-Card Checking Sequence. He announces "Three-Card Check", then plays the 6 onto the 5, then the 7 onto the 6, and finally the 8 onto the 7. He scores one point for this Three-Card Check. The score is Phil (+1), Layne (0).
Layne's Third Move
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Focus Card: 8 |
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After his last move backfired, Layne is hoping that his play this time will not end up so badly. After all, it is just a race to Seven Points, and he is already trailing by one. He looks over his hand and sees that he has no Checking cards, but he does have some Dropping cards for the 8. They are the 2, 2, 7, and the 7. He chooses to get rid of one of his sevens. He plays the 7 and hopes for the best.
Phil's Third Move
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Focus Card: 7 |
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Unfortunately for Layne, this play also backfires on him big-time. Phil couldn't contain himself and laughed a little when he announced "Three-Card Check" AGAIN and then played the 8 - 9 - 10 Checking sequence to prove it. He is now down to only two cards in his hand. Therefore, he is now playing under the somewhat different rules listed in the "Two Cards or Less" catagory of rules. Phil could not be happier about the way things are going for him at this point. The score is now Phil (+2), Layne (0).
Layne's Fourth Move
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Focus Card: 10 |
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J
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Layne has to be thinking to himself, "What is going on here?!" In just the last two plays he is down two points, and his opponent has only two cards left. This is not so good for him!
He decides that he will not give up and will instead play on. He surveys his hand and bravely decides to play the 7, a Dropping card. He guesses that after all those Checks Phil might be low on Drop cards. This time he guesses correctly.
Phil's Fourth Move
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Focus Card: 7 |
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J
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The move pays off. Phil looks at his hand and sees that he doesn't have any Checking, Queening, or Dropping cards to play. He must therefore go to the second option listed in the "One or Two Cards Left In Hand" rules section. Number two states that when you hold none of these cards, you must first take a card face-down from the deck, and then Roll the next card from the deck onto the current Focus card. So Phil takes a card, which turns out to be the 9. He then turns the next card over from the deck onto the current Focus card. The card he Rolls is the 5. It now becomes the new Focus.
Layne's Fifth Move
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Focus Card: 5 |
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Layne breaths a sigh of relief after not giving up any points on his play. With a 5 Focus card to play against, he sees that he only has Dropping cards, the two Deuces. He chooses to play the 2. Things may be starting to get a little interesting. It is now getting late in the round (the Fifth moves), and all sorts of things can begin to happen. He also knows that he needs to start scoring some points before he gets too far behind in the point scoring!
Phil's Fifth Move
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Focus Card: 2 |
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Phil looks down and sees that once again he holds no Checking, Queening, or Dropping cards in his hand. However, since he had to take a penalty card as the result of his last play, he is now back into the rules section for "Three or More Cards". Since he cannot fulfill option number one, he must go to number two. The second option states that he must now play an Ace if he has one. He does not have one though, and so must go on to the final option, which is number three. This option states that if he could not fulfill option one or two, he must now first play his highest non-Queen card onto the current Focus card regardless of what it may be (it then becomes the new Focus), and then take a card face-down from the deck into his hand as a penalty. So he first plays the K onto the Deuce, and then takes a card face-down from the deck. This card turns out to be the 4. His turn is now over.
Layne's Sixth Move
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Focus Card: K |
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Oh how Layne would love to have a Queen right now. His opponent has just given him a free shot at a King Focus card, and after looking at Phil's face he can tell that he is not too happy about that. Unfortunately, Layne does not have the Queen. He must now play one of the Dropping cards he holds for the King Focus, the 2 or the 10. He chooses to play the 10, hoping that Phil does not hold the J-Q Queening sequence that would score him another point from a 10 Focus. Layne puts the 10 face-up onto the K.
Phil's Sixth Move
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K
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Focus Card: 10 |
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Phil's hand does not hold the J-Q combo. He does, however, notice that all of the cards in his hand are either Checking cards (the J) or Dropping cards (4, 9) for the 10 Focus card. He decides that he can Check the Jack onto the 10 because on the last play, Layne showed he did not have a Queen. If he did, he would have played it onto the King Focus card that was there at the time. Since he did not, Phil knows that he can get rid of one of his high cards at no risk. He Checks with the J.
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