You are the Forehand (P1). P2 opened with Two, and P3 and P4 passed; now the bidding comes to you.
P4Dealer
Your hand
Pad
- P2: Two
- P3: pass
- P4: pass
Do you pass, say "I hold" and take the Two, or bid One?
Answer
I hold. Every other seat comes after the Forehand, so you may hold P2’s Two without raising. Six Taroks with two big ones, the Skus and the XVIII, meet the test for Two, and One asks for a third big Tarok. Passing gives away a contract your cards meet.
Rule: Climb to Two, One or a Solo only as your Tarok count climbs past five and then six, one extra big Tarok per rung as the price of one fewer talon card.