Bidding | Melding | Trick Play |
Estimating Meld Points | Bid-winner declares Trump suit | Bid winner plays first |
Bid for Trump | Then, bid-winner’s partner passes 4 cards | Here’s where you fight for tricks/point cards |
– Where Trump is the chosen POWER suit | Bid-winner passes 4 cards back | Trump suit beats other suits |
all members lay down meld combos | Follow suit, then trump, else any other card | |
Partners try to send point cards | ||
Point cards – equally 1 point (K, 10, A) |
Simplified | ||
Meld Name | Example | Point Value |
Family | (A 10 K Q J) | 15 |
Double Family | (A A 10 10 K K Q Q J J) | 150 |
Marriage in Trump | (K Q) | 4 |
Dix in Trump | -9 | 1 |
Hundred Aces | (A♠ A♥ A♦ A♣) | 10 |
Thousand Aces | (A♠ A♠ A♥ A♥ A♦ A♦ A♣ A♣) | 100 |
Eighty Kings | (K♠ K♥ K♦ K♣) | 8 |
Eight Hundred Kings | (K♠ K♠ K♥ K♥ K♦ K♦ K♣ K♣) | 80 |
Sixty Queens | (Q♠ Q♥ Q♦ Q♣) | 6 |
Six Hundred Queens | (Q♠ Q♠ Q♥ Q♥ Q♦ Q♦ Q♣ Q♣) | 60 |
Forty Jacks | (J♠ J♥ J♦ J♣) | 4 |
Four Hundred Jacks | (J♠ J♠ J♥ J♥ J♦ J♦ J♣ J♣) | 40 |
Marriage in Non-Trump | (K Q) | 2 |
Pinochle | (J♦ Q♠) | 4 |
Double Pinochle | (J♦ J♦ Q♠ Q♠) | 30 |