The winner of the last trick earns 10 points (dix de der in French). ScoringĪfter playing all 8 tricks, both teams calculate the points of the cards in the tricks they won. Note that in our version you can decide to play Belote with or without declarations. Only the team with the highest square or sequence declaration earns points. If a player holds both King and Queen of the trump suit, he may declare belote.

The third type of declaration is belote-rebelote. The ranking for a sequence is A - K - Q - J - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7. The second type of declaration is a sequence of 3 or more cards in the same suit. 4 Aces, 4 Tens, 4 Kings, 4 Queens (100 points).The first type of declaration is four cards of the same rank. Next to earning points by winning tricks, players can also earn points by declaring certain combinations of cards. The winning player puts the cards from the trick in front of him and starts the next trick. Otherwise the highest card of the lead suit wins the trick. If a trump card was played, the highest trump card wins the trick. This is called undertrumping (pisser in French). If the player doesn’t have a higher trump card, he must play a lower trump card. When the lead suit is non-trump and a player cannot follow, and the opponent before him has trumped, it is mandatory to play a higher trump card if possible.

When the lead suit is non-trump and a player cannot follow, and the opponent is currently winning the trick, it is mandatory to play a trump card if possible.When the lead suit is trump, it is mandatory to play a higher trump card if possible.The player to the left of the dealer starts playing.įollowing suit is mandatory, and it is also mandatory to try to win the trick: Each player is dealt three additional cards, except the taker who gets two additional cards. This time, they are free to choose a trump suit, but it must be different from the suit of the face-up card.īidding ends as soon as someone takes, and this player gets the face-up card. In the second round, each player can again take or pass. If all players pass, the second round starts. Taking means choosing the face-up card as trump. In the first round, starting with the player to the left of the dealer, each player can either take or pass. There are two rounds of bidding possible. Note that the pack is never shuffled in Belote. The dealing and playing direction is clockwise. DealĮach player is dealt five cards, first three cards for each player followed by two more cards. The goal in Belote is to earn more points than the other team by winning tricks with valuable cards and declaring certain combinations of cards.

The ranking and the card value are different between trump suits and regular suits.Ĭards in the trump suit rank highest to lowest as follows: J (20 points), 9 (14), A (11), 10 (10), K (4), Q (3), 8 (0), 7 (0).Ĭards in a non-trump suit rank highest to lowest as follows: A (11 points), 10 (10), K (4), Q (3), J (2), 9(0), 8 (0), 7 (0). Deck and cardsīelote is played with a French-suited deck of 32 cards, by removing the 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, and 6s from a regular 52 card deck. The players sitting across from each other are in the same team. How to play Belote Playersīelote is played with four players, in two partnerships (teams) of two players. Belote Coinchée and its Bulgarian variation Belot) and is closely related to the Dutch game Klaverjassen. The main skills required for Belote are card counting and strategy. It is the national card game in France, and also played in Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Luxembourg, Moldova, North Macedonia and Saudi Arabia.īelote is played with 4 players, using 32 cards from a French-suited deck. Belote Classic is a trick-taking card game from France.

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