You are the Forehand, and the other three have all passed. Your hand: Skus, XVII, XIV, X, VII, IV, K
, Q
, C
, J
, 2, 9.
Do you play the Call?
Answer
Play the Call. Count it: 6 Taroks + 2 doubles for the big ones (the Skus and the XVII, both XV and up) + 1 King = 9. That matches the Call’s row, “a count of about 8 or 9: several Taroks with a big Tarok, a Trull piece or a King among them”. It is short of the Blind Solo’s bar of 12, the bar for playing alone: a called Partner is budgeted at about two tricks, which is why the Call claims on less.