A player seated before you has bid Two, and that is the highest bid so far. Your hand: Skus, XXI, XV, XII, X, VIII, K
, Q, C, J, 1
, 7
.
Do you bid higher, and if so, which contract?
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Answer
Bid One. You may not stand: you may hold only against players after you in the seat order, and the current bidder sits before you. To play this hand you must bid higher, and you have the cards for it: six Taroks headed by the Skus, the XXI and the XV, which are three big Taroks, as many as the ladder asks for at one extra big Tarok per rung. You also have all four face cards of Spades, K, Q, C, J. These twelve cards are already worth 22 Card Points: 18 pips and a base count of 4. Call a King in another suit, and you can reasonably expect your side to reach 36 Card Points, for 6 Victory Points plus distance. Do not bid a Solo: the chapter climbs to a Solo only once your Tarok count passes six, and you have six. The player in the earlier seat may still hold your One, but that is no reason to pass.
, Q, C, J. These twelve cards are already worth 22 Card Points: 18 pips and a base count of 4. Call a King in another suit, and you can reasonably expect your side to reach 36 Card Points, for 6 Victory Points plus distance. Do not bid a Solo: the chapter climbs to a Solo only once your Tarok count passes six, and you have six. The player in the earlier seat may still hold your One, but that is no reason to pass.