Take a seat.
A partner opposite. Trump jack and nine on top. First to 501.
HAND COMPLETE
Waiting for the host to deal.
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Belote.
Rebelote.
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Classic Belote · 4 seats · First to 501
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New to Belote? Learn the rulesHOW TO PLAY
Four seats. Thirty-two cards. Your partner sits opposite. Deal, bidding and play move counter-clockwise.
Try a practice hand ↑The dealer gives three cards, then two. The next card turns face up. Starting to the dealer’s right, each player takes that suit or passes. Four passes open a second round: name any other suit. Eight passes bring a new dealer and no points.
The taker receives the turned card and two more. Everyone else gets three: eight each.
The turned suit is offered first.
Trump ranks J 9 A 10 K Q 8 7. Every other suit ranks A 10 K Q J 9 8 7. A trump beats any plain card; without a trump, the highest card of the suit led wins.
Trump J and 9 are stronger than the ace.
Follow the suit led. When trump is led, beat the highest trump already played if possible. When you cannot follow a plain suit and an opponent is winning, you must trump. Play a higher trump if you can, otherwise a lower trump. If your partner is winning you may discard. If you choose to trump, you still have to overtrump when possible.
Dimmed cards explain the exact obligation.
Hold both king and queen of trump: the first says Belote, the second Rebelote. Your partnership gets 20, even if your contract fails. The table declares them automatically.
Both trump court cards must start in one hand.
COUNT THE HAND
Trump J 20, 9 14, A 11, 10 10, K 4, Q 3; 8 and 7 zero. Plain A 11, 10 10, K 4, Q 3, J 2; 9, 8 and 7 zero. There are 152 card points, plus 10 for the last trick: dix de der.
Sequences use ordinary 7 8 9 10 J Q K A order. Three cards (tierce) score 20; four (quarte) 50; five or more (quinte) 100. A carré of jacks scores 200, nines 150, aces/tens/kings/queens 100. Sevens and eights do not count. A card cannot serve in both a square and a sequence; the table chooses the highest total and displays declarations after the first trick.
Only the team with the best declaration scores its declarations. Higher value wins; a carré wins an equal value; sequences compare top card, then trump, then earlier player in the counter-clockwise bidding order. Belote can overlap and always counts.
The taker needs more total points than the defenders, including announcements and belote. Made: both sides bank their totals. Inside (dedans): defenders get all 162 card points and both teams’ scoring announcements; the takers keep only belote. Equal totals mean litige: defenders bank theirs, the taker’s share waits for the next decisive hand’s winning team.
All eight tricks are capot: 252 card points instead of 162, plus the winning team’s announcements and belote. When defenders capot the taker, the taker’s announcements also transfer. The other side keeps belote. This table uses the traditional 252 rule, rather than the common rounded 250 variant.
First to 501, or 1001 in Options, after a hand. If both cross the target, the higher total wins; ties require another hand. Pending litige is discarded if a match ends before it is paid.
PLAY TOGETHER
The trump jack and nine can pull out opposing trumps. Side aces make a five-card bidding hand more useful. You still have three unknown cards coming.
A ten discarded under your partner’s winning card gives your team ten points. Before doing it, count the players still to act: a later trump can steal the trick.
There are eight. Remember which have gone, especially the jack and nine. Easy chooses legal cards randomly. Standard uses winners and points. Expert compares 24 sampled unseen deals; no level sees the other hands or the stock.
QUICK ANSWERS
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J 9 A 10 K Q 8 7. Plain suits use A 10 K Q J 9 8 7.
The king and queen of trump in one hand score 20 when both are played. The table calls them automatically, and they are never forfeited.
Ten points for the eighth, final trick.
Follow suit first. If void and an opponent is winning, trump; play a higher trump when able, a lower one otherwise. A winning partner lets you discard.
Winning all eight tricks. This table scores 252 instead of the ordinary 162 card points.
This table plays classic Belote. Coinche’s point bidding and doubling are not implemented.
501 by default, or 1001 in Options. Score is settled after the hand, and a tie continues.
Those are related Jass-family games with different bidding, announcements or scoring. This table uses French Belote rules.
Defenders bank their tied total. The taker’s tied total carries to the team that wins the next decisive hand.
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