Dappen — Puzzle C4

Round two, seven players. Your hand: XIX, XVI, XIII, X, VII, 1♦.

dappen Puzzle #228

Can you pass?

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Answer

No. The XIX with three other Taroks in hand (here: XVI, XIII, X, VII, four of them) is a trump stop on the ladder, and trump stops may never pass. The rest of the hand is thin, no King in sight, but the law doesn’t ask permission: claim the Dapp and go rebuild something better than one weak color card.