Last week I made a huge mistake trying to set up a one-two when my partner called Tichu. I played a couple of high combos that went around and then a huge straight saving one card for myself. I figured I'd just pass until my partner went out. Oops! I'd have to lead (and you can't pass on a lead). I grabbed a card off then end of my straight and put it back into my hand.
"Whoa! You can't do that. Not after showing your card to your partner." The opponent on my right made me put my card back on the table. All she'd have to do is pass and we'd have a -100 for my going out first instead of my partner.
Not realizing that, she played a higher straight that exactly covered mine. Whew! My partner made his Tichu and her partner said it was very sporting of her to play a straight covering my mistake.
Well, we still barely lost the game but had fun playing. I still love Tichu.
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I did something similar a few weeks or a month back. I played a straight that was one card too long 9 to Ace or 8 to Ace, and then picked up the Ace when I realized it was too long, thus allowing my partner to know where the 4th Ace was. The other team wasn't too happy about that later in the round when it became apparent that knowing where that final Ace was going to get my partner to make the Tichu call. We ended up giving them 10 points because of it, but that does bring to light a weakness in Tichu.
In the end, I should have left the Ace and picked up the 9 (or not made the mistake in the first place).
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