Within the sport Sheng Ji (升级), it’s attainable to guide a mixture of playing cards once you imagine they’re unbeatable of their respective fits. That is referred to as throwing playing cards (甩牌).
In my expertise, the throwing-cards mechanism is sufficiently subtle that new gamers of Sheng Ji (together with myself) hardly ever or by no means use it, and there are typically arguments when it’s used. I am curious if there is a good description of this mechanism on the market that particularly addresses irregularities like incorrect leads. Home guidelines are additionally effective in the event that they work in observe. From what I can collect, this sport just isn’t standardized, so in a sure sense all guidelines are home guidelines.
I’ve three questions on this mix:
- Underneath what circumstances can a lead of thrown playing cards be crushed?
- What occurs if a lead of thrown playing cards doesn’t truly encompass the very best attainable playing cards.
- Does a thrown card lead have to consist completely of playing cards of the identical go well with?
For 1, the query is fairly easy.
It appears apparent {that a} trick can solely be crushed if somebody can beat each card led. Nonetheless it is nonetheless not clear what this implies as a result of Sheng Ji is a multi-trick sport and it isn’t clear what the interior construction is of a thrown-card lead.
For instance, if threes and golf equipment are trump (主牌) and I lead KS, QS, QS, can that be crushed with 3S, 3H, 3D?
I believe that the reply is no and that playing cards inside a thrown-cards play preserve their inner construction, i.e. a lead of KS, QS, QS can be a lead of KS, {QS, QS}.
For query 2, I’m much more confused.
If we take Wikipedia at face worth, then the penalty for an incorrect lead of thrown playing cards appears extraordinarily gentle.
If any card(s) within the mixture could also be bested by one other participant within the go well with lead, they are going to be requested, by that participant, to take again the playing cards which can be the most important within the go well with, and play any of the only/double/tractor playing cards which may be bested as penalty.
I learn this as saying that any participant holding a card which demonstrates {that a} lead is invalid could play it and power the chief to play a selected mixture out of what they already performed as a penalty.
This appears dangerous for 3 causes:
- It’s logistically inconvenient if different gamers have performed because the incorrect lead.
- The wrong lead nonetheless communicates info to the chief’s associate.
- If the associate has the cardboard that invalidates the lead, they could merely select to not invoke the penalty.
For instance, it appears to be towards the spirit of the foundations however not the letter to guide a whole go well with as thrown playing cards. Through which case one of many opponents can power you to retract all however one mixture of the lead. This penalty is so gentle that it is likely to be price it to a participant to speak details about their hand to their associate, particularly in the event that they have been going to lose the trick anyway.
For an additional level, if threes and golf equipment are trump, is AH, KH, KH a sound lead if hearts haven’t been performed earlier than? The KH-pair is unbeatable as a result of the AH is a part of the lead, however is that ok for the needs of figuring out lead validity?
For query 3, all the examples I’ve seen are of thrown playing cards which can be all the identical go well with. I’m simply questioning whether or not this restriction technically exists or not.
