Hearts: Answer to question 6
Q: What is the largest winning margin? That is, what is the maximum gap between first and (perhaps equal) second at the end of a game?
A: 121 (thanks to Toby Gottfried for this - my effort was only 110)
Scores of hands as follows:
Hand
#1 0 13 13 0
Hand #2 0 4
4 18
Sub-totals: 0 17 17 18
Hand #3 0 26 26
26
Hand #4 0 26 26 26
Hand #5 0 26 26 26
Hand #6 0 26 26 26
End scores: 0 121 121 122