We had a game of Hearts at lunch time today, and apparently we're going to be doing it twice a week, until we get sick of it, I guess.
First of all, my skill level: I played against Windows a few dozen times, when I was quite young. I won sometimes, I lost sometimes.
Other players, from best to worst:
- Mike, a pro who I've never seen lose a card game. He's reasonably good at counting cards, and beat some other Hearts players by A LOT last time I watched him play.
- Kevin, a self-declared Hearts champion in high-school.
- (me)
- Garrett, his second time playing, ever, I think.
And the results were:
Winner: me, by tons. I cleaned up (next person behind me was about 60 points back)
Second: Garrett, by a decent amount (20 points, or so)
Third: Kevin, though it was close
Forth: Mike
I love how it was all topsy-turvy, I never expected to win, and I never expected Mike to lose, etc. I suspect it had to do with luck, though, I'll probably get creamed next time.
Part way through the game, a prof walked by and came in, asking what we were playing. We told him Hearts. He looked suspicious, and in a joking sorta way asked if we were playing for money. I had a bowl in fruit in front of me, so I said "nope, we're playing for fruit." The thing is, none of us has had that prof recently, so we aren't really sure if he was being friendly or if he was trying to get us in trouble. But it all worked out.
