You are one of the other three players, not the Declarer, and took two cards off the shared talon in a Solo contract. Your hand is now: XVIII, XIV, XI, V, K
, Q
, C
, J
, 10, 1, 1.
You must discard two cards to get back to nine. Your candidates are Q, XVIII, C and K. Cross out the illegal one.
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Answer
Cross out K: Kings are protected in every player’s hand, not only in the Declarer’s. Q, XVIII and C are all legal. A Queen or a Cavalier carries Card Points, a Queen 1 Card Point plus 3 pips and a Cavalier 1 Card Point plus 2 pips, but the discard law does not protect them: only the seven protected cards, the three honours and the four Kings at 1 Card Point plus 4 pips each, may never be discarded. Which two you discard is a different question: you are not the Declarer, so your discard counts for the Defenders whichever side you turn out to be on, and as the secret Partner a Queen you discard would score against you.
: Kings are protected in every player’s hand, not only in the Declarer’s. Q, XVIII and C are all legal. A Queen or a Cavalier carries Card Points, a Queen 1 Card Point plus 3 pips and a Cavalier 1 Card Point plus 2 pips, but the discard law does not protect them: only the seven protected cards, the three honours and the four Kings at 1 Card Point plus 4 pips each, may never be discarded. Which two you discard is a different question: you are not the Declarer, so your discard counts for the Defenders whichever side you turn out to be on, and as the secret Partner a Queen you discard would score against you.