Subject: Never won winnables!

Date: Sun Apr 19 06:48:36 2020
User: TitanicTony
Message:
Thanks, WRAC, I didn't know that, 🙂! Game #: w4x10 13683-5;.... Game stats: 4/1/25.00%;.... Elapsed: 3:37;.... Streak: 6;.... Today: 2;.... Moves: 49/106.

Date: Sun Apr 19 13:11:32 2020
User: Kaos
Message:
That Masters win certainly put CS on the map. Look at the players in the next six places! And, look at goatee’s time to 31 wins. I remember that 8x2 was discussed extensively at the old Hotel Netcell.

Date: Sun Apr 19 13:35:45 2020
User: Uberman
Message:
Yep, the chances of such a win being possible again (with a game having those kind of stats) are pretty slim, I'd guess. P.S. I've been trying that game to see how the CS manouevre actually unfolded, but I can't even get to that stage! /cryingemoji Will keep plugging away though.

Date: Sun Apr 19 13:45:47 2020
User: Uberman
Message:
Never mind, I just figured it out. The move looks so routine in hindsight - fascinating to think the game couldn't be solved without the aforementioned manouevre.

Date: Mon Apr 20 15:21:07 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:
here's another for the Pro's 10x1 game 13204 diff. 5 0 for 87 have at it Byron

Date: Mon Apr 20 16:47:45 2020
User: Oded789
Message:
1/106, fifth try. You're kind of waiting for the "ta-da!" sound effect after this :-) Fascinating game.

Date: Mon Apr 20 16:56:58 2020
User: Kaos
Message:
108-2. Lots of tries - most from the phone before deciding a bigger screen was needed.

Date: Mon Apr 20 17:34:22 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:
Well Done

Date: Mon Apr 20 23:21:31 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:
Game #: 6x5 27601 Game stats: 33/1/3.03% Difficulty: 5 Elapsed: 2:54 2nd try ... Darn it

Date: Wed Apr 22 17:08:41 2020
User: Kaos
Message:
Game #: 8x2 23204-5 Game stats: 43/2/4.65% Elapsed: 3:49 Streak: 4 2nd win ... darn it

Date: Wed Apr 22 17:26:12 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:
Game #: 6x5 31569 Game stats: 11/1/9.09% Difficulty: 5 Elapsed: 1:42

Date: Wed Apr 22 20:40:55 2020
User: Oded789
Message:
The mini-pot just now had a very interesting game, 6x3 17690-1, now 0/29. It seems easy at first but it's not. Still looks somehow winnable to me but I don't know how. Anyone else want to try it?

Date: Wed Apr 22 21:04:20 2020
User: WRAC
Message:
Yes, winnable. Took me 9 attempts though. Vague hint: Go for spades before clubs.

Link: 6x3 17690-1

Date: Sun Apr 26 23:17:29 2020
User: Mastermind
Message:
No,not 6x4 this week but 7x3.

Date: Tue Apr 28 08:40:45 2020
User: TitanicTony
Message:
Wow, this w4x10-6 game (#10086) was also winnable as a 4x9, 4x8, 4x7, AND a 4x6! I'm pretty sure that I have never done that before! You Win..... Game #: 4x6 10086;..... Game stats: 1/1/100.00%;..... Difficulty: 6.

Date: Tue Apr 28 18:10:37 2020
User: Kaos
Message:
Game #: 6x4 29561-5 Game stats: 74/1/1.35% Elapsed: 3:53 Streak: n/a Alas, took a handful of tries.

Date: Wed Apr 29 02:16:51 2020
User: Uberman
Message:
Nice job, Kaos. Hope you don't mind me asking, though - after you'd lost this game in under a minute the first time (not that I've been prying or anything!), what was it that made you go back and try it again? Was it this sixth sense for solving 6x4s that only you and WRAC seem to possess?! (Well done in the Threat earlier btw)

Date: Wed Apr 29 07:08:34 2020
User: Kaos
Message:
Hmm, I’ve always liked 6x4 going back to the first time I won a Freakout tournament so I’ve had lots of practice at them. So, maybe started out with a decent sixth sense for them and slowly improved it over the years by learning when my hunches panned out and when they didn’t. After losing this game the first time, it was clear that there were lots of different avenues of play available and nothing about it that looked like a roadblock (e.g. both black deuces buried deep). I guess the sixth sense is knowing when the number of ways to play a deal looks to be high enough to overcome the combination of low cards buried deep. That Threat was fun. I think there was a different leader between you, me, kenwa, and WRAC after 10, 11, 12, and 13 wins. I’m just happy that when the shuffling stopped at 13, it was the one time I was first.

Date: Wed Apr 29 23:44:01 2020
User: TNmountainman
Message:
7x2-5 #10104 Game stats: 7/1/14.29% First try.

Date: Thu Apr 30 16:05:39 2020
User: RottinJohn
Message:
So does this count? First try. You Win Game #: 4x4 29207 Game stats: 5/1/20.00% Difficulty: 5 Elapsed: 8:03 Streak: 1 Today: 1 Current: 1 Daily: 1 Yearly: 1 All time: 5

Date: Thu Apr 30 16:15:35 2020
User: TitanicTonys_deckofcards
Message:
Oh yes - unless you used one of 'my kind' for 'extra help'. Congratulations!

Date: Mon May 4 04:11:33 2020
User: TNmountainman
Message:
8x1-5 #6024 3/1/33.33%

Date: Mon May 4 08:51:51 2020
User: strassenbeuge
Message:
8x3-10 #8566 14/1/7.14%

Date: Mon May 4 17:23:08 2020
User: Uberman
Message:
From the latest British Open - I'm pretty sure it wasn't me who solved it, although we won't know for a while until the 'blind' data is made available:- 9x2-8 #10759 220/1 - 0.45% Not very often you see stats like that - congrats to whoever solved it during the tournament! (I'm kinda hoping it wasn't me, as otherwise this would look incredibly self-indulgent, which isn't my intention)

Date: Mon May 4 18:56:54 2020
User: WRAC
Message:
Wow! For non-tournament players, the British Open is both blind and deadly, meaning whoever solved this game: a) had one shot at it; b) had no advance warning that it hadn't been solved in 200+ prior attempts; and c) was playing under tournament time pressure. Remarkable. Anyone know who solved it?

Date: Mon May 4 19:01:16 2020
User: Oded789
Message:
Congrats on your win tonight! Turns out it was watersmooth_silver, who did it in only 2:48, very impressive, but didn't fare as well in some other games. I've burned 10+ futile minutes on that one, costing me a great chance for at least a top 3 place - and followed that up by throwing a sure win at the 12x0 twelve in similar fashion, so I'm pretty annoyed with myself right now.

Date: Mon May 4 23:24:45 2020
User: Uberman
Message:
Wow indeed, 2:48?! As WRAC says, to win that game under all of those conditions is amazing. Thanks Oded, I was surprised to see so many of those games were in fact winnable, although I probably shouldn't be surprised by now!

Date: Wed May 6 05:30:43 2020
User: Goosey_Goosey_Gander
Message:
10x1 winnable, level 5, game 9580, score 52/0. Streak was only 5 because I can't seem to get a streak here going. Lose one every day.

Date: Wed May 6 05:51:16 2020
User: Goosey_Goosey_Gander
Message:
Now 56/0. I cannot see a solution to this

Date: Wed May 6 08:44:35 2020
User: Mastermind
Message:
Now 65/1. Very tough game. Hopefully no one is dealt this game on Saturday.

Date: Wed May 6 15:50:17 2020
User: Goosey_Goosey_Gander
Message:
Congratulations Mastermind. I could not see a solution after several tries and staring at it for quite a while.

Date: Wed May 6 19:21:52 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:
Game #: 10x1 6355 Game stats: 15/1/6.67% Difficulty: 6 Elapsed: 2:39

Date: Wed May 6 21:03:18 2020
User: Kaos
Message:
Game #: 9x2 10759-8 Game stats: 226/2/0.88% Elapsed: 3:01 Second try today (obviously third overall since I did play it in the BO). Does not seem that hard. I'm pretty sure I played the same opening sequence as I did on Monday but then learned the middle better.

Date: Fri May 8 22:46:21 2020
User: Oded789
Message:
Game #: 11x1 14091-6 Game stats: 12/1/8.33% Not that easy, but still surprised with those stats.

Date: Sat May 9 00:40:05 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:
game 8424 10 x 1 diff. 5 1 out of 74 congrats to that one I came close but it snuck up on me

Date: Sat May 9 22:37:18 2020
User: Mastermind
Message:
#28773 6×4 9,as tough as they come.

Date: Sun May 10 02:05:23 2020
User: Mastermind
Message:
My, my this #31129 6×4 9 is even harder than 28773.

Date: Sun May 10 23:20:43 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:
Game #: 7x3 13534 Game stats: 1/1/100.00% Difficulty: 6 Elapsed: 4:01 Streak: 11 Today: 11

Date: Mon May 11 17:02:41 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:
Game #: 7x3 31463 Game stats: 32/1/3.13% Difficulty: 5 Elapsed: 2:41

Date: Mon May 11 17:19:53 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:
My 1st game playing 6 x 4 Didn't even get close I thought wow this is really hard turns out I got # 23156 diff. 5 0 /64

Date: Fri May 15 21:45:08 2020
User: byronsmoot
Message:
Game #: 7x3 25302 Game stats: 23/1/4.35% Difficulty: 5 Elapsed: 3:11

Date: Sat May 16 07:55:32 2020
User: TitanicTony
Message:
WOW! ..... You Win! ..... Game #: 7x3 12014-5; ..... Game stats: 39/1/2.56%! AND, congratulations to byronsmoot on his excellent 7x3 win yesterday!!

Date: Sat May 16 12:30:04 2020
User: TitanicTony
Message:
WOW, this game may not have ever been played before, but it is WAY more difficult than the one posted just above (Sat May 16 07:55:32 2020), imo!! You Win; .... Game #: 7x3 19222-6; .... Game stats: 1/1/100.00%; .... Streak: 11; .... Today: 3; .... Moves: 64/140.

Date: Sun May 17 00:13:12 2020
User: Oded789
Message:
Game #: 7x3 3762 Game stats: 40/1/2.50% Difficulty: 5 Elapsed: I'd better not talk about it...

Date: Sun May 17 01:31:59 2020
User: Uberman
Message:
Woah! Hey, at least you got the win at the end of it :)

Date: Mon May 18 20:22:48 2020
User: Kaos
Message:
I gave all the above 7x3's a try and did not win any of them the first time through but I thought the climate 6 game was the easiest. On the 2nd try: 5/18 7:26 pm 7x3 19222-6 Streak 1:42 Moves: 48/147 This also took a 2nd try: 5/18 7:59 pm 7x3 3762-5 Streak 5:11 7x3 12014-5 took 9 tries so definitely more of a challenge and This game by byronsmoot does not look to be winnable 7x3 25302-5 so a well deserved win.

Date: Sat May 23 22:59:17 2020
User: Oded789
Message:
Another 6x4 decides a major, this time the US Open in ValpoJim's favor.

Link: 6x4 4634-10

Date: Tue May 26 17:27:43 2020
User: JackStraw
Message:
10 x 1 diff. 5 game # 29164 0 for 67

Date: Tue May 26 17:48:53 2020
User: Oded789
Message:
Jack, is it from the winnable 10x1 set, or the regular one?

Date: Tue May 26 18:21:29 2020
User: TitanicTony
Message:
If it is a "never won winnable", then it must be from the winnable set! JackStraw: 5/26 5:25 pm 10x1 29164-5 Winnable 1:13 Lost