You are the Declarer and took Three off the talon. Your hand is now: Skus, I, XXI, K
, K
, K
, K
, IX, VI, III, Q, 1.
You must discard three cards to get back to nine. All seven protected cards, each 1 Card Point plus 4 pips, are in your hand: which three do you discard, and why is one of them forced to be a Tarok?
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Answer
All seven protected cards, the three honours and the four Kings, must stay: your only legal candidates are IX, VI, III, Q and 1. Only two of those five are color cards (Q and 1); with three discards required, you are forced to send one Tarok to the face-up discard. You should lean on your Taroks and honours, so discard both color cards, Q and 1, and only one Tarok, say the III. The Declarer’s discard counts for the Declarer’s side, so the Q counts for your side. As the Declarer’s Tarok discard the III is turned face up for all to see.
and 1. Only two of those five are color cards (Q and 1); with three discards required, you are forced to send one Tarok to the face-up discard. You should lean on your Taroks and honours, so discard both color cards, Q and 1, and only one Tarok, say the III. The Declarer’s discard counts for the Declarer’s side, so the Q counts for your side. As the Declarer’s Tarok discard the III is turned face up for all to see.