Going Through a Phase

A couple weeks ago I taught Jacob one of my favorite card games: Phase 10. He caught on quickly and won me hands down. You play this game by getting sets (same #) or runs (cards in numerical order). Each phase you are trying to play a different assortment of sets & runs. The winner is the one who completes all 10 phases first, but it's possible that both of you will finish all ten phases by the last round. At that point you compare points. Our closest match was when we both finished all ten phases and it came down to the point tally. Jacob won because he had stuck me with ONE card (5 points). Now Jacob wants to play this game every day. I enjoy this time with him - actually I didn't enjoy the HUGE blowout yesterday when he whooped me by two phases and I had 100s of points. I really kept wondering if he had stacked the deck, but I was the dealer. He knows how to gloat too. But he had a good time.