Each trick consists of four cards, one of each suit. Non-dealer leads to the first trick and the winner of each subsequent trick leads to the next. Any card may be led. Playing second to a trick, you must choose one from a different suit. If you play a higher card than the one led then you play the third card, again of a different suit, and the leader plays a card of the fourth suit. But if your second card is equal to or lower than the first card, then the leader plays the third card and you the fourth. The trick is won by the player whose two cards played to the trick count highest when totalled, taking numerals 2 to 10 at face value, Jack 11, Queen 12, King 13, Ace 14. If tied, then it is won by the player whose two cards produce the higher total when multiplied together. If still equal, then you will both have played equal cards. In this event the trick-winner is whoever was the first to play the highest-ranking card.

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