Your opponent leads the Q
. You are void in Spades, so the Tarok Rule applies: you must play a Tarok. Your hand holds the IV and the XIX. Your three piles show no Spade either: only Queens, Cavaliers, Jacks and number cards of the other suits.
Which Tarok do you play?
Answer
The IV. Any Tarok beats the Q, so play the lowest one and keep the XIX for a later trick against your opponent’s Taroks. You had to make this choice from your hand: every Tarok and King goes straight into its owner’s hand as soon as it is revealed, so your piles can never hold one to play instead.
, so play the lowest one and keep the XIX for a later trick against your opponent’s Taroks. You had to make this choice from your hand: every Tarok and King goes straight into its owner’s hand as soon as it is revealed, so your piles can never hold one to play instead.