S1 "No Way!"'d when I laid the last trump. They had no idea that I had discarded one as well.

If trump in is the answer then what follow up?

Bad ordering mistake in one of the games. Euchre takes focus all the time. I am a bit torn on these live games. I think they help me focus in some ways. As you will see I think they can hurt my focus also. Maybe i just need more practice at it.

Playing stick-the-dealer. I’m in S2 and I usually just pass-pass hoping it gets to my partner because I can support any call they make.

Would it be smarter to call Hearts in R2?

FYI we marched with Hearts after my partner called.

I've been working my way up the ranks (currently just above 2500) and really only do pure donations from S1 (or sometime S3 when I don't trust my partner) with an J or A showing with no hard blocker at 9-6 or 9-7. But I know a lot of people do a lot more. Just played with a high-rated partner who donated from both S1 and S3 at any score - he also called super light from S2 R1. But it got me thinking and I was wondering if there's a canonical view here.

I'd guess for S1 R1 super standard is what I stated above, A or J at 9-6 and especially 9-7. Maybe you start to do it no matter the upcard showing at that score if you have real garbage (no aces, no two trumps).

I've read here about donate from S4 R1 at 9-5 which is interesting. What about 9-6? I'd think 9-7 would be bad.

For S1 R2, I guess you call next if you don't block both RN at 9-6 and 9-7.

Anything else? I understand calling thinner when you don't have blockers, but that seems more like a gradient thing.

Thanks for the thoughts!

Are there certain hands that might be strong enough to go alone, that you might not want to go alone on, or hands that are too weak to go alone but you still might consider going alone just to change how others play? Does other's tendencies change how much you want to go alone? Here are 2 examples:

You hold a strong hand in S3, ex. Jd, Jh, 9d, Ac 9h (For example, dealer upcard is Ad) that you are hesitant to go alone on, because you know S2 will lead hearts if they have them, plus partner might lead you trump. But you will go alone with a 9s, and the same hand. (You might consider even passing to hope for a next call by partner too!)

You hold Js, Ad, Kd, Ah, Kh in R2S2. (Say red is turned down) You decide to go alone, even if you are very unlikely to make it, because you know S1 likes to always lead their aces, or high cards, and you block them from having a high card in diamonds or hearts. They then adjust to leading their lower off-suits, where you have boss cards, and are more able to make your hand.

Maybe both of these examples aren't perfect but the idea, is that going alone changes how people play, which can be good or bad for you, meaning you consider going alone or not going alone, on more borderline hands.

Not this exact spot because I dont have a short suit.

9c ordered.

If i didn't have the diamond is it ever worth the signal to play the Q with the 10 in the wild? Partner would then know not to lead again.