The Schnapsen Log
Imperfect Information
Martin Tompa
The biggest challenge of this game is that, until the stock is exhausted, you are playing with only partial information about your opponent’s hand. The fewer tricks that have been played, the more imperfect your information.
Concealed cards:
♠ AKQ
♥ TQ
♣ KQ
♦ ATJYour cards:
♠ —
♥ AK
♣ AT
♦ QTrump: ♥J
Stock: 5 face-down cards
Game points: Tibor 5, You 5
Trick points: Tibor 18, You 0
On lead: Tibor
With his opponent still trickless, Tibor closes the stock, declares the club marriage to bring his trick point total to 38, and leads ♣Q. This is a scary situation: the deal is now worth 3 game points and, because there are so many cards concealed in the stock, there are very many possible hands Tibor might be holding. What is your plan? When you have come up with a good one, you are welcome to read my analysis.
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