Cribbage @ Middle East Cuisine - Apr 3, 2014

This was a short, small unofficial meetup. David and I ate and played for an hour. We only managed to play a single game. We used one of the travel boards that Joel gave me at the Crystal City meetup a couple weeks ago.

David said he was going to let me win. He jumped out to a big lead early in the game. I came back and took the lead down the stretch. Just before the last hand he offered to pay for my meal, because (as he jokingly suggested) he was going to win.

We were within 3 points of one another at the beginning of the final hand. He dealt and I was one point shy of having enough points in my hand to win. I scored a couple points on a 15 thus giving me the extra points I needed to win. The next to last card David played was a 5. All I had left was a 5. I played it and scored a couple more points. I was still short of 121. Then he played his final card, another 5 and scored six points, enough to put him across the finish line. I never got a chance to count the points in my hand. *sigh*

If I had played anything other than a 5, he would not have won the game on that play.

Cribbage @ Ghana Café - Jan 16, 2014

I arrived late and stayed late. There was a fairly big turnout, 11 people; a few of them were new to the group, a couple others were joining us for just the second time.

I played 4 games. The first two were 4-player games. Mandy and I were paired against Bryan and Rebecca. We won both games although B&R led for the first 2/3 of the first game.

After that a few people left and the group shrunk from 11 to 7. I played a 3-player game with Mandy and Ted which I won without much trouble. I think Mandy might have got skunked.

After that a few more people left and the group shrunk from 7 to 3. Joey, Ted, and I played one final game. I won that one too, again without much trouble. Once again someone got skunked, I think this time it was Joey. It was 10 by then. We all had work he next day so we packed up and left.

As good as I did I didn't have any phenomenal hands. I think my highest scoring hand was 12 points; no double-double or triple-double runs for me. I just got consistently good cards.

For dinner I had chicken with "stew" and black beans and rice. The food was good but a little pricey. I paid about $17, including tax and tip for the food.