Super Euchre!

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.

The computer keeps leading a losing trump card as it’s third or forth card, with an off suit fifth card, and getting euchred. A player should always throw the off suit card before a losing trump card to try and draw out opponents remaining trump on the third or fourth card and save the losing trump for the fifth card, so it hopefully goes through. All three computer players keep throwing out a losing trump on 3rd or 4th and they’re left with some crap card that never wins as fifth, very frustrating. Also, they call trump and never lead the jack. They lead an off suit card and it gets trumped with an opponent’s 9 or 10 and they get one point instead of two. Changing the partner’s risk scale in the settings doesn’t improve the playing ability on these two items either. These are basic euchre strategies a beginner learns. This app needs to be improved.

This program with not allow your partner to play trump. There are only 5 cards and can be played in many different ways. My partner is not helping me if they are “saving” their trump to pull a single trick. If I call trump you must assume I have something. Why have my partner play like the enemy and force me to draw the power out instead of showing me where it is. Each game is different so this is not the only way to play but...if I call trump more than often my partner should lead it back. The only other grace is you have the opposing team lead trump that make my aces good. But two wrongs don’t make it right. One more thing. Could you leave who dealt up on the table. If I lose focus for a second I’ve got to figure that out before I can start play. Thanks.

I want to like this app but considering the ridiculous plays made by the partner, it’s hard to take it seriously. For instance, in cutthroat version, it’s especially important to take tricks whenever you can, ESPECIALLY if it’s possible to trump. Why does the partner save trump for the last couple of tricks, especially if it’s a bower? Perhaps the developer only has a basic understanding of how to play the game? That’s my only guess because a serious player would fire that partner. But it’s also a match of extremes. Typically if I win a match, the score is imbalanced and vice versa. If I’m on the losing side, it’s typically because I’ve been set multiple times because even with a good hand, the opposition has an even better hand which I acknowledge can happen on occasion. But 3 or 4 times in a match? There are also moments when the opposition would NEVER play a particular card unless they knew their partner was short suited and would take the trick. Why do I get the impression that this particular un-randomness is more about their ego rather than real world play?