On my very first game, I was dealt a wizard on the first trick, and the player ahead of me bid one. I dithered a moment and finally also bid one, promptly going down in flames. It still rankles. I won that game, though.

you had that coming to you...dirty play is bad karma. That isn't to say I haven't played that way before.

Well, you may play with a better class of players than I do sometimes. I've seen this happen a few times.

Perhaps I messed up but here's the scoop. The play was with 2 experienced players in a 3-handed game. On the first deal of 1 card both the other players bid 1 trick. I had a Wizard and figured that the number 2 bidder had one too so I bid "zero". Needless to say I won the trick. That meant all 3 of us went down in flames. What's the big deal? Well, this was the first time I'd witnessed this sequence of events in 15 years of Wizard play.