Super Euchre!

I have played this version for quite a while and have commented previously. It is generally a very good rendition, and I have played literally thousands of hands. If I were going to teach someone how to play, I would use this version. There are two issues, one of which has been noted by others. There is a strong suspicion that the east and west opponents often know each other’s cards, and worse, the player’s cards. When either east or west makes trump and the other has the far better cards, that is very suspicious. The other issue could be changed by a programmer. When I order my partner up, Euchre lore suggests that my partner voids a suit if possible, and I have played many games in which we lose because the partner keeps some inconsequential card that makes partner follow suit and not use a trump card. Annoying.

I first heard of Euchre when I was watching an episode of New Amsterdam. Chemo patients were playing it so I figured I’d download an app to learn too. I first downloaded a different app, with strong reviews. Fortunately, it introduce me to the game rules. Unfortunately, even in the slowest setting I found it confusing and it did not offer a replay. On several occasions I thought that the computer had chosen incorrectly, but I couldn’t verify it. I recently downloaded this app and I’m very happy with it. It consistently seems to follow the rules and makes sense. I certainly like that I can see a replay of any move I question. Having the both the trump Jack and same color Jack act as a Joker - both higher than an ace is a bit of a mind bender- making available replays more important than usually. Fun game!

I’ve played just about every free euchre app and this one is the best of them. However, there are still some issues with this game. First off, your partner constantly makes incorrect moves. For example, if they call trump with the right bower, king and queen of trump, and two off suits, they will ALWAYS lead the low trump, lose the trick, then play the right bower to win the next trick. This causes us to lose hands, and even games, which is maddening. To be fair, your opponent will do this as well, causing you to win at times when you shouldn’t, but this is still something that shouldn’t happen. Secondly, the amount of times I call nines and tens and then receive either 2 or 3 nines and tens back does not make sense. Statistically speaking, the chances that I receive 5-6 of the 8 nines and tens multiple times in one game is theoretically 0, so the programmers need to work that out. Overall, this is a good game, and the best free euchre app. You can control speed of play, your partners “tendencies”, auto-play options, and different game rules. I just still get annoyed with my partner too often and it baffles me that in an app where you only play one game, the computer players play incorrectly, even after multiple updates.