PaulP wins the evening

A game of broken contracts — 44 of them around the table, and scores from 77 all the way down to 43.

Elena closes out the table, with 43 points. "Last one buys the coffee" — as they say at the table. From leader to red lantern. The little wedge tipped the big cart — and the cart was Elena. In the second of the opening eights, Elena bid 4 and took 7 — and Ana and Mihai went down with them.

Third, on the podium: Mihai, up there with eyes on the top step. 2 hands in a row: the whole table kept its word, only Mihai didn't — but insisted, with dignity.

Ana finished second, just 2 points short of the win. Ana spent a long time on the red lantern and came out clean — determined not to buy the round. At one stretch, 7 good hands in a row.

2 points. That's all. PaulP won in the blink of an eye — so don't blink. In the third of the opening eights: PaulP said 0, scooped 3, and Elena and Mihai were left counting the pieces. And that despite a slip in the very last hand. PaulP declared the table on fire 6 times 🔥.

Well played everyone — and especially PaulP!