P2’s Rufer ends with the side’s captured pile, discards included: I, Skus, K♠, Q♥, Q♣, C♦, C♠, J♥, J♦, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII (25 cards). Nothing was announced, but P2’s Pagat quietly won the very last trick.
Who writes what?
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Answer
32 Card Points, four short of the 36 the Rufer needed: 25 ÷ 3 = 8 (one stray card rounds away to nothing), plus 24 printed pips (Skus and Pagat 4 each, one King 4, two Queens 6, two Cavaliers 4, two Jacks 2): 8 + 24 = 32 of 70. The Rufer falls, so the two defenders each write 1 Victory Point, the plain Rufer value. But P2’s Pagat still won the last trick, quietly: P2 writes 1 Victory Point anyway, for the Pagat Ultimo. This is the family’s finest rule: bonuses belong to the side that earned them, win or lose.