Dappen: Puzzle X3

DAP-X3 Puzzle

You claimed the Dapp. Your eighteen cards: XVIII, XV, XII, IV, II, Kspades, Qhearts, Chearts, Jhearts, 4hearts, Qdiamonds, Cdiamonds, Jdiamonds, 4diamonds, Qclubs, Cclubs, Jclubs, 10clubs.

Which six do you keep?

Reveal answer

Answer

XVIII, XV, XII, IV, II, Kspades. The rebuild aims for about 3 Taroks from the XV up; this hand lands on two, the XVIII and the XV. The XII sits below the XV and does not count as one, and the Skus, XXI, XX and XIX never appeared among your eighteen cards, so all four are sitting in the six opponents’ hands. You fill the hand with the low Taroks and the one King you may not discard, and you discard every Queen, Cavalier and Jack among the eighteen: three Queens, three Cavaliers and three Jacks go face-down in front of you and put 18 pips in your pile. Those discards still count in your pile at the end, although you won no trick with them. Trading a Tarok for a Queen would leave you with a card of that suit again and put 3 pips fewer in your pile.