You bid the Call and called the King of Clubs. The talon halves turn face up, and there it sits, K
, right in one of them. Your hand: XI, VIII, VI, K
, K
, Q
, C, J, 2, 3, 8, 9.
What do you do?
Reveal answer
Answer
Concede. The called King in the talon means there is no partner: you are alone, and the whole table knows it the moment the talon turns face up; the choice is yours to make before another card falls. Count it: 3 Taroks + 0 doubles for the big ones + 2 Kings = 5, nowhere near the double-digit territory a lone fight to 36 would want. Concede now and cap the damage at the contract (each defender adds the plain Call value of 1) rather than handing three defenders a played-out hand with every bonus live.