Thursday, February 02, 2012

Greatest euchre player ever - Perry Romanowski


It has been some time since I've posted here. I still play euchre and am currently in a league at a bar near my house called Lotties. It is great fun. The players are all interesting, nice, and provide an excellent audience.

I, Perry Romanowski, must confess that I didn't always think euchre was the greatest game. As any player has ever discovered, there is a lot of luck. You could be the greatest euchre player in the world and still lose to opponents who are dealt a lay down loner. As a card player, I always found this a little frustrating.

But to be the greatest euchre player in the world you need to get past the feelings of frustration caused by a loss. Whether you win or lose is highly influenced by luck. That is why your standards for whether you played well should not be tied to the outcome. But rather they should be tied to how well you played the game.

Wins and losses happen. But the greatest euchre players in the world do not let this affect how they feel about their performance. If you played the game perfectly, then that is your victory.

8 comments:

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Unknown said...

Do u play online with multiplayer? If so whats the site? Yahoo closed down and trying to find a new good site.

Unknown said...

Hey Perry ... absolutely agree with your comments. I think I’m 95th percentile euchre player ... been playing 50 years, mostly taverns. I’m trying to figure out if there is a particular region where the best euchre is played. Thoughts ?

Perry said...

@Gary - I'd guess that in the Midwest for sure, probably Michigan or Ohio. But we have some great leagues here in Chicago.

Unknown said...

Silver Creek Entertainment has a good site.

Edward said...
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Edward said...

"Hey Perry ... absolutely agree with your comments. I think I’m 95th percentile euchre player ... been playing 50 years, mostly taverns. I’m trying to figure out if there is a particular region where the best euchre is played. Thoughts"


Well the best euchre used to be played online. I'd say yahoo euchre or pogo euchre. Both places do not have euchre anymore. App euchre from what I've been finding out is lacking. Little chance to talk to your partner or opponents and its hard to discuss play. Also the lack of voice chatting as well. Euchre is becoming more and more impersonal online and I think that breeds weaker players. Used to be a World Series of Euchre, with GrandPrix tourneys in various states to lead up to it. Also there was a Yahoo Euchre group called "Euchre Science", Perry knows it very well as do I.(Tbolt76/65) waves at Perry. Anyways there are no groups at Yahoo anymore either. Seems like what I've found is ohioeuchre.com seems to be the place to discuss euchre and perhaps get some games with some good players. Reddit has a r/euchre has a discussion board there as well. You can also talk with people about euchre.

As for region, Iowa,IL,Michigan,Indiana, Ohio, Upstate NewYork, Wisconsin( a little bit) are all heavy euchre playing area's bars/clubs/tournaments ect..



Tbolt65
Edward
4/20/21

Lorna Mullin said...

Do you still play? I have some questions. Will you respond?