Watch what your opponent picks up
Cards your opponent takes from the discard pile tell you what they’re collecting. Learn to avoid feeding their melds. Strategy · lesson 2 of 3.
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The lesson in words
Don’t discard what your opponent is collecting.
Questions
Which discard is riskier?
The 9 of spades sits right next to the 8 they took and could complete a run of spades for them. The jack of diamonds is nowhere near it.
They just discarded the 6 of diamonds. Is the 6 of clubs fairly safe for you to discard?
Fairly safe: if they were collecting 6s, they wouldn’t have thrown one away.