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The total face value of all cards is 120 points. The declarer's goal is to take at least 61 points in tricks in order to win that round of the game. | The total face value of all cards is 120 points. The declarer's goal is to take at least 61 points in tricks in order to win that round of the game. | ||
== | == The Possible Contracts == | ||
If you win the bidding you are entitled to pick up the two skat cards, add them to your hand without showing them to the other players, and discard any two cards face down. The cards discarded may include one or both of the cards picked up, and their value counts along with your tricks. Having discarded, you declare your game. If you looked at the skat, your contract is a ''skat game''. There are seven possibilities: | |||
Diamonds, Hearts, Spades, Clubs (in which the named suit is trumps and the declarer tries to take at least 61 card points), | |||
Grand (in which the jacks are the only trumps and the declarer tries to take at least 61 card points), | |||
Null (in which there are no trumps and the declarer tries to lose every trick), | |||
Null Ouvert (Open Null) (like Null but with declarer's cards are exposed). | |||
You may choose not to look at the skat cards, but to play with the 10 cards you were originally dealt. If you don't look at the skat you are playing a ''hand game'', and again there are seven possibilities: Diamonds Hand, Hearts Hand, Spades Hand, Clubs Hand, Grand Hand, Null Hand and Null Ouvert Hand. In this case no one must look at the skat cards until after the play. | |||
If you are declarer in a Suit Hand or Grand Hand game, you can increase the value of the game by announcing Schneider (undertaking to win at least 90 card points), or Schwarz (undertaking to win all the tricks), or Open (Ouvert) (undertaking to win all the tricks with your cards exposed). Such announcements must be made before the lead to the first trick. These announcements are not allowed if declarer has looked at the skat. Also (obviously) they do not apply in Null games. | |||
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Point values of cards
| Rank | J | A | 10 | K | Q | 9 | 8 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The non-trump suit cards rank in order A-10-K-Q-9-8-7.
The trumps rank the same way with the four jacks on top in the order J♣, J♠, J♥, J♦.
The total face value of all cards is 120 points. The declarer's goal is to take at least 61 points in tricks in order to win that round of the game.
The Possible Contracts
If you win the bidding you are entitled to pick up the two skat cards, add them to your hand without showing them to the other players, and discard any two cards face down. The cards discarded may include one or both of the cards picked up, and their value counts along with your tricks. Having discarded, you declare your game. If you looked at the skat, your contract is a skat game. There are seven possibilities:
Diamonds, Hearts, Spades, Clubs (in which the named suit is trumps and the declarer tries to take at least 61 card points),
Grand (in which the jacks are the only trumps and the declarer tries to take at least 61 card points),
Null (in which there are no trumps and the declarer tries to lose every trick),
Null Ouvert (Open Null) (like Null but with declarer's cards are exposed).
You may choose not to look at the skat cards, but to play with the 10 cards you were originally dealt. If you don't look at the skat you are playing a hand game, and again there are seven possibilities: Diamonds Hand, Hearts Hand, Spades Hand, Clubs Hand, Grand Hand, Null Hand and Null Ouvert Hand. In this case no one must look at the skat cards until after the play.
If you are declarer in a Suit Hand or Grand Hand game, you can increase the value of the game by announcing Schneider (undertaking to win at least 90 card points), or Schwarz (undertaking to win all the tricks), or Open (Ouvert) (undertaking to win all the tricks with your cards exposed). Such announcements must be made before the lead to the first trick. These announcements are not allowed if declarer has looked at the skat. Also (obviously) they do not apply in Null games.