You are the Forehand and bid first. Your hand: IX, VIII, VI, V, III, K
, Q
, J
, 10.
Do you bid Three, or pass?
Answer
Pass. Five of your nine cards being Taroks is merely the average hand here, and none of them is Skus, XXI or Pagat: no honour, no bid, and the only exception is the fourth player’s trial Three, after three passes. Sit this one out and wait for a hand that holds one of the three honours.