What has been above described constitutes the simple or ordinary game.
There are some additional scores for extraordinary cases; but before we
mention them it will be well to illustrate the foregoing directions by an
example of an imaginary hand, which will show that although the description
may appear complicated, the practice is very easy.
A and B play at Piquet, B being the dealer, and A the elder hand. B deals
out the following cards:
To A.
Spades--nine, seven.
Hearts--ace, nine, eight.
Clubs--knave, ten, seven.
Diamonds--knave, ten, nine, eight.
To B.
Spades--queen, ten, eight.
Hearts--queen, knave, seven.
Clubs--ace, king, queen, eight.
Diamonds--king, queen.
After the deal the stock contains cards in the following order:
Ace of diamonds (top card).
Nine of clubs.
Seven of diamonds.
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Ace of spades.
King of hearts.
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King of spades.
Ten of hearts.
Knave of spades (bottom card).
A has a poor hand, and must take all his five cards, in the hope of
improving it. He must keep his diamond suit entire; so he discards the nine
and seven of spades, the nine and eight of hearts, and the seven of clubs,
taking in the five upper cards from the stock.
B's is already a good hand with the quatorze of queens--which he knows must
be "good"--a fair chance for the point, and other favourable cards for
trick-making. But he discards the ten and eight of spades and the seven of
hearts with the hope of improvement, taking in the three remaining cards of
the stock.
The two hands are then as follows: A (elder hand) has ace of spades, ace
and king of hearts, knave, ten, nine of clubs, and ace, knave, ten, nine,
eight, seven of diamonds. B (dealer) has king, queen, knave of spades;
queen, knave, ten of hearts; ace, king, queen, eight of clubs, and king and
queen of diamonds.
The following conversation may be supposed to take place:
A: My point is 6.
B: Good.
A (shows his diamonds, or says,--in diamonds; and then adds): My best
sequence in the quint to the knave of diamonds. {110}
B: Good.
A: I have also a tierce to another knave (shows knave, ten, nine of clubs,
or says,--in clubs).
A: And I have three aces.
B: Not good.
A: Then I score 6 for the point, 15 for the quint sequence, and 3 for the
tierce, making 24.
He then plays ace of diamonds, and says: 25.
B: I score 14 for four queens, and 3 for three kings--total 17.
B (plays queen of diamonds, and repeats): 17.
A (plays seven of diamonds): 26.
B (taking it with king): 18.
B (leads ace of clubs): 19.
A (follows with knave): 26.
B (plays king of clubs): 20.
A (ten of clubs): 26.
B (queen of clubs): 21.
A (nine of clubs): 26.
B (eight of clubs): 22.
A (throws away king of hearts): 26.
B (leads king of spades): 23.
A (takes it with ace): 27.
A (now leads knave of diamonds): 28.
B (anything): 23.
A (ten of diamonds): 29.
B (anything): 23.
A (nine of diamonds): 30.
B (anything): 23.
A (eight of diamonds): 31.
B (anything): 23.
A (ace of hearts): 32.