Piccolo: you are P2, the Forehand and the Declarer, and you have won no trick yet. Trick 11 of 12: P1 leads the 7
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P3Defender
P1Dealer and Defender
P4Defender
P1Your hand
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- Not yet played: XVII, XIX, XXI, 3♥, C♥, 2♦, 1♦, 10♣, J♣, 9♠, Q♠.
- Six of these lie in the untouched talon.
Which Club do you play?
Answer
The K. You need exactly one trick and two are left. Both your Clubs beat the 7, so the Rising Rule lets you choose: the K takes this trick unless a player with no Club trumps it, and the 8 is left for the last trick, where any higher Club or any Tarok beats it. Keep the K instead and you may win both tricks or neither. The K keeps the Piccolo in every layout in which the 8 does, and in more.
. You need exactly one trick and two are left. Both your Clubs beat the 7, so the Rising Rule lets you choose: the K takes this trick unless a player with no Club trumps it, and the 8 is left for the last trick, where any higher Club or any Tarok beats it. Keep the K instead and you may win both tricks or neither. The K keeps the Piccolo in every layout in which the 8 does, and in more.Rule: Piccolo: you play alone against three and must win exactly one trick, no more and no less.