P3 bids Call and calls the King of Hearts; P1, who holds it, announces King Ultimo before the first trick, and the table now knows the teams. The hand ends; P3's side captured, discards included: K
, K
, Q
, Q
, C, C, J, J, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI (23 cards). The last trick went to a defender's card; the King of Hearts never got there.
Who scores what?
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Answer
28 Card Points, eight short of the 36 needed: a base count of 8 (23 ÷ 3, the two left over rounding up), plus a pip count of 20 (two Kings 8, two Queens 6, two Cavaliers 4, two Jacks 2): 8 + 20 = 28 of 70. The fallen Call pays the defenders: each scores 1, for the contract. And the announced King Ultimo failed too, the King of Hearts sat out the last trick entirely: that costs P3’s side again, the OTHER side scoring the doubled announced value, +2 more to each defender. Total: each defender scores 3 Victory Points this hand, and P3’s side scores nothing at all. Announcing a bonus is a real risk: it pays double when it lands, and it costs double when it does not.