Ulti

Hungary’s favorite game for three. Pick up the talon and outbid, then win the last trick with the seven of trumps, reach 100, or take no tricks at all. 3 players.

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How to play Ulti

  1. 1Hungary’s favorite game, for three. 32 cards (7 through ace). Each deal one player, the declarer, plays against the other two together.
  2. 2The player after the dealer gets twelve cards, the others ten. With twelve, you lay two face down as the talon and make a bid. Then each player in turn either picks up the talon (and must lay two down again and bid higher) or passes. The auction ends after three passes in a row; the last bidder declares.
  3. 3Bids: Party (take more points than the defenders), Ulti (a Party where you also win the last trick with the 7 of trumps), 40-100 (hold the king and queen of trumps and reach 100 with them), 20-100 (the same with a king and queen of another suit), Ulti Durchmars (every trick, the last with the 7), Betli (no tricks) and Durchmars (every trick) with no trumps, and Open Betli and Open Durchmars, where your hand is shown after the first trick.
  4. 4Trump bids in hearts are worth double. For other suits you name trumps when the auction ends. Bids rank by value; a bid must be worth more than the last one.
  5. 5Follow suit, and beat the best card of the led suit if you can. Out of that suit you must trump, beating any trump already played if you can. In trump bids cards rank A, 10, K, Q, J, 9, 8, 7; in Betli and Durchmars A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7. Bid the Ulti and you keep your 7 of trumps for the last trick.
  6. 6Aces and tens are worth 10 each and the last trick 10 more. In a Party every king and queen pair counts too: 20, or 40 in trumps. Aces and tens left in the talon go to the defenders.
  7. 7Each defender pays the declarer the bid’s value, or is paid it if the bid fails: Party 1, 40-100 4, Ulti 4 (8 if it fails), Betli 5, Durchmars 6, 20-100 8, Open Betli 20, Open Durchmars 24. Unbid, winning the last trick with the trump 7 earns 2, every trick earns 3, and a Party of 100 or more doubles.
  8. 8We play 9 deals. The highest total wins.

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