And our General has not played yet. I'd say that by the simple virtue of him being a General, he has a good chance of winning.
9-0 54 0 +54
8-1 48 18 +30
7-2 42 36 +6
6-3 36 54 -18
5-4 30 72 -42
4-5 24 90 -66
3-6 18 108 -90
2-7 12 126 -114
1-8 6 144 -138
0-9 0 162 -162
That's the table for discarding 18 cards per loss. If one more person wins, we're in the gaining cards zone.