P1, the Forehand, P2 and P3 have passed. You are P4, the Dealer, and it is your turn to bid.
P1Forehand
Your hand
Which bid do you make?
Answer
Piccolo. The K
is your only Club, a bare high court: the first time Clubs are led, the Rising Rule makes you play it, and it takes the trick unless someone with no Club trumps it. Every other card is a low card of its suit or one of the two lowest Taroks after the Pagat. One card that must win a trick is the Piccolo; in the Beggar that King would lose you the contract.
is your only Club, a bare high court: the first time Clubs are led, the Rising Rule makes you play it, and it takes the trick unless someone with no Club trumps it. Every other card is a low card of its suit or one of the two lowest Taroks after the Pagat. One card that must win a trick is the Piccolo; in the Beggar that King would lose you the contract.Rule: Piccolo: a hand that would match the Beggar but for exactly one card that will win a trick (a big Tarok with small Taroks below it, or a bare high court).