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