Round two, seven players. Your hand: XX, XV, IX, K
, Q
, J
.
Can you pass?
Reveal answer
Answer
No. The ladder asks the XX for at least two OTHER Taroks in hand, and you hold exactly two (XV and IX): the line is met precisely, not approximately. One fewer companion Tarok and this same hand would have been free to pass; the ladder is read to the card, not to the spirit of the thing.