Dodge Round. A trick already holds Q
and C (led Hearts). You must follow suit and hold K and 1. The Rising Rule is on: beat the trick if you can.
Which card do you play, and what happens?
Reveal answer
Answer
The K: you have no choice. The Rising Rule forces you to beat the Q if you can, and your K can. Unless the last player is void in Hearts and must trump, you win a trick worth at least 12 Card Points that you desperately did not want. The lesson to carry into bidding: in the Dodge Round, high cards are not power, they are debt. (The 1 stays for a trick you can legally lose.)
: you have no choice. The Rising Rule forces you to beat the Q if you can, and your K can. Unless the last player is void in Hearts and must trump, you win a trick worth at least 12 Card Points that you desperately did not want. The lesson to carry into bidding: in the Dodge Round, high cards are not power, they are debt. (The 1 stays for a trick you can legally lose.)