82%of calls are made
18%of calls march
5.7%of calls go alone
12hands in a typical game

01The guides

02The short version

  • Trump count matters most. One trump makes 53% of the time, three trump 91%, four 99%.
  • The right bower is worth more than the left: calls holding only the right make 84%, only the left 77%.
  • The dealer’s partner is the strongest calling seat at 89%, because the dealer is guaranteed to add trump.
  • A stuck dealer still makes 76% of the time.
  • Lone hands march 37% of the time and are euchred only 11%.
  • Holding the deal is worth 0.21 points per hand to the dealing team.

Source: 200,000 games (2,302,736 hands) simulated on the GrandBower rules engine, with expert bots (tier 4) in all four seats, stick the dealer, games to 10. Seeded run 20261103, generated 2026-11-03. Rates describe hands that were actually called by strong players, not every hand that could have been. Free to cite with a link to GrandBower’s euchre odds (CC BY 4.0).