The comeback of PaulP

One evening, 6 players, a single crown. The rest — stories to tell over coffee.

Luis closed the table from the back, on 99 points — there is always a next game. After the seven-card hand on the way up, Luis was 3rd and dreaming of the podium — but the last hands had other plans.

Alice finished 5th with 110 points. In the fifth of the closing eights: Alice said 0, scooped 3, and Luis was left counting the pieces. After the four-card hand on the way up, Alice was 2nd and dreaming of the podium — but the last hands had other plans.

Tazy finishes right in the middle — neither hot nor cold — 4th, with 116 points. The place above was a single point away. Tazy spent a good while in last place and climbed out of it.

Third, and on the podium: Matei, with 117 points. Matei spent a good while in last place and climbed out of it.

Mara led for 12 hands but finished second, 1 point behind. In the third of the middle eights: Mara called 0, took 4, and Tazy was left out in the cold. The place above was a single point away.

PaulP won by a whisker, with just 1 point — at whist even one point is as good as a mile. And that despite a slip in the very last hand.

Congratulations to all — see you at the next table!