I wouldn’t call it a wasted morning! This is fascinating!
I’m curious now about the “smallest number of unique dealers to deal in N rounds” which is an extension of the “2 dealers in 6 rounds” record you and Mike just set. Looks like I’m about to download the used woid list and play with it!
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So I looked into the smallest number of dealers to deal N consecutive rounds. As Tim pointed out, 2 dealers combining to deal 6 rounds has only happened once, with Mike and Tim L sharing rounds 3149-3154.
The recent streak also is the only time that 4 players have dealt 10, 11, or 12 consecutive rounds, that 5 players have dealt 13, 14, or 15 rounds, and that 6 players have dealt 16 rounds.
There were a few earlier occurrences of 7 players dealing 17 and 18 rounds.
Tim and Mike have not (yet) reached the earlier records for the smallest number of players to deal 19, 20, or 21 consecutive rounds although it’s still possible, and they are joint holders of that record. Seven players dealt 21 consecutive rounds between them starting in round 2768: Tim Lodge, John Barrs, Mike Shefler, Dan Widdis, Shani Naylor, Efrem Mallach, and Keith Hale.
We’re currently at 7 unique players for 18 rounds running: Tim Lodge, Debbie Embler, Dan Widdis, Paul Keating, Tim Bourne, Alan Mallach, and Mike Shefler. But all is not lost; Debbie and I are at the beginning of that streak, the 5 other players have done 15 rounds starting at 3142 and can beat the previous records, if they continue with that smaller group!
On the other end of the spectrum, the game has never gone more than 18 rounds with more than 18 dealers (and given our smaller numbers now, that’s likely to stand.). 18 different dealers in 18 rounds only happened once, starting in round 607. Dave Cunningham ruined the streak by dealing round 625 when he’d just dealt 621.
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