Contract Two (three groups of two). Your hand: Skus, XXI, XIX, XI, VII, K♠, Q♠, J♥, C♥, 4♥, 7♣, 10♣. Group A: K♦, 8♣. Group B: XIV, XVI. Group C: 9♠, 9♣.
Which group do you take, and why not the others?
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Group B. Your hand already carries two honours, and Kings and trula may never be discarded, so a lone King with no Queen behind it (Group A) becomes dead weight you’re stuck holding all hand. Group C’s low pips help nobody. Group B’s two plain Taroks tighten your trump control without saddling you with a card you can’t legally get rid of.