Jeff is the scorekeeper and
stats guy. We're all techie-types, and most of us
worked at the same company... so we give a lot of grief to
him about his app... most of us still like the DOS version
the best -- it blinked. =]
Dealing the cards is a great
time to catch up on the latest with everyone, since a lot of
us are spread out all over the place now. Its a fun
time!
Its not as easy as you'd
think... =] Its easy to lose track, which gets you
some grief...
We play for pennies above or
below the average... those below the average take a penny
per point, those with a score above the average give a penny
per point. Between hands, everyone checks the scores,
and who is "flashing" - the biggest winner and the biggest
loser - even though they don't actually flash, anymore.
The most anyone has lost is
about $1.90 (I hold that record), and the most anyone has
won has been about $1.40 (Jeff, who leads in the money by a
long ways). On one game, there was only one loser, and
now he is known as the "Benefactor"... there hasn't been a
single winner, although we've come close a few times.
I have a lot of fun, even though since 2000, I hold most of
the records that you don't want to have!
Every so
often, about once a quarter or so, a group of friends get
together, and we play Double Deck Hearts. I've been
playing now for about 7 or 8 years... but records go back to
the 1970's... its pretty serious!