Card rules · 2026-11-02

Claiming the Remaining Tricks Requires More Than Confidence

A claim asks to finish the remaining play on an asserted outcome. It is different from actually completing those tricks.

A claim asks to finish the remaining play on an asserted outcome. It is different from actually completing those tricks.

Use a teaching procedure that requires showing the remaining cards and explaining a legal continuation. A player saying all the tricks are mine has made a claim, not supplied the explanation. The proposed continuation must still respect suit-following and turn order.

If the procedure does not allow claims, play continues normally. If it allows them, use its acceptance or review process. Do not turn confident wording into an automatic result, and do not invent concealed cards to make the claimed line work.