Posted on 02/16/2016 7:40:15 AM PST by poconopundit
Of course if you are dealt a lightly protected Q and/or have a bunch of high hearts but no ace you are at serious risk of 15+ points that changes the odds. If you play with passing, you have to factor in the anticipated pass. If you are playing with decent players who don’t dump the high heart at the first opportunity, it generally won’t work unless void in hearts. Anyway, in the abstract, shooting the moon is a showier, higher risk maneuver than ducking or feigning a moon shot.
| People who use force to coerce others to do as they demand in the social wars are evil. Those are not the actions of people with a different but equally valid perspective. Amen to that, brother. Leftists don't want to debate. They would rather stop the debate, call you a racist, and vote to take your right to debate away from you. As I wrote in another thread today, our goal for this election is to stop these evil leftists and our motto should be:
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| ...Trying to shoot the moon is often the lower risk play. And I think that's Cruz's strategy in this election cycle. From the beginning, he probably knew that his chances of getting the nomination this time were less than 50%. He's still got a decent chance of winning. But given the name recognition and experience he's gained from the campaign, he's already come out a winner. Cruz is a warrior. And as the Romans said: Fortune favors the brave.
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BFL. Thanks for posting it.
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