No-Trump: P3 is the Declarer; you are P2, a Defender with P1 and P4. Trick 1 of 12: P1, the Forehand, leads the K
, and you have no Diamond.
P3Declarer
P1Forehand and Defender
P4Dealer and Defender
P1Your hand
Pad
- Talon: P3 took K♠, 7♠ and X; the Defenders got Q♥, 1♦ and XIV.
Which Tarok do you play?
Answer
The Skus. In No-Trump nothing trumps anything, so P1’s K, the highest Diamond, wins this trick for your side whatever P3 and P4 play. With no Diamond you must play a Tarok, and the Skus carries 4 pips into your side’s pile; the III and the XVII carry none. Keeping the Skus is tempting, but in No-Trump it wins a trick only when Taroks are led.
, the highest Diamond, wins this trick for your side whatever P3 and P4 play. With no Diamond you must play a Tarok, and the Skus carries 4 pips into your side’s pile; the III and the XVII carry none. Keeping the Skus is tempting, but in No-Trump it wins a trick only when Taroks are led.Rule: When your side has already won a trick, you should play a card with many pips into it.