Card rules · 2026-11-03
Mendikot: A Ten Can Be Exposed Before It Is Safe
If you must follow hearts and hold 10♥ alongside a smaller heart, choosing the ten may place a target card into the trick. Whether that helps depends on who ultimately wins.
If you must follow hearts and hold 10♥ alongside a smaller heart, choosing the ten may place a target card into the trick. Whether that helps depends on who ultimately wins.
Check the partner's position and players still to act. A partner currently ahead can still be trumped later. Saving the ten is not always possible or best, but spending it should reflect the actual trick rather than its modest rank between jack and nine.