Scoring

Each of the three players adds up the card points in their own tricks and adds the value of any marriages they announced. The values of the cards and the various marriages are given above.

Each player’s score starts at zero and the goal is to reach a cumulative score of 1000 points or more.

If the talon winner’s points total is at least as much as the bid, the bid is added to the talon winner’s cumulative score. If not, the bid is subtracted from the talon winner’s cumulative score.

Example: the talon winner won the bidding at 130, and after exchanging the talon increased the bid to 160. If the talon winner takes 215 points including announcements, he will add 160 to his cumulative score; if he takes 155 points including announcements, he will subtract 160 points from his cumulative score.

Irrespective of whether the talon winner’s bid was successful or not, each of the other players rounds the point value of their tricks and announcements to the nearest 5, and adds the result to his or her cumulative score.