THE RUBBER
The Rubber is the best of three games. If the first two games be
won by the same players, the third game is not played.
SCORING
A game consists of thirty points obtained by tricks alone, exclusive
of any points counted for Honors, Chicane, or Slam.
Every hand is played out, and any points in excess of the thirty
points necessary for the game are counted.
Each trick above six counts two points when spades are trumps,
four points when clubs are trumps, six points when diamonds are
trumps, eight points when hearts are trumps, and twelve points
when there are no trumps.
Honors consist of ace, king, queen, jack, and ten of the trump suit.
When there are no trumps they consist of the four aces.
Honors in trumps are thus reckoned:
If a player and his partner jointly hold--
1. The five honors of the trump suit, they score for honors five
times the value of the trump suit trick.
2. Any four honors of the trump suit, they score for honors four
times the value of the trump suit trick.
3. Any three honors of the trump suit, they score for honors twice
the value of the trump suit trick.
If a player in his own hand holds--
1. The five honors of the trump suit, he and his partner score for
honors ten times the value of the trump suit trick.
2. Any four honors of the trump suit, they score for honors eight
times the value of the trump suit trick. In this last case, if the
player's partner holds the fifth honor, they also score for honors
the single value of the trump suit trick.
The value of the trump suit trick referred to in this law is its
original value--e. g., two points in spades and six points in
diamonds; and the value of honors is in no way affected by any
doubling or redoubling that may take place.
Honors, when there are no trumps, are thus reckoned:
If a player and his partner jointly hold--
1. The four aces, they score for honors forty points.
2. Any three aces, they score for honors thirty points.
If a player in his own hand holds-- The four aces, he and his
partner score for honors one hundred points.
Chicane is thus reckoned:
If a player holds no trump, he and his partner score for Chicane
twice the value of the trump suit trick. The value of Chicane is in
no way affected by any doubling or redoubling that may take
place.
Slam is thus reckoned:
If a player and his partner make, independently of any tricks taken
for the revoke penalty--
1. All thirteen tricks, they score for Grand Slam forty points.
2. Twelve tricks, they score for Little Slam twenty points.
Honors, Chicane, and Slam are reckoned in the score at the end of
the rubber.
At the end of the rubber, the total scores for tricks, honors,
Chicane, and Slam obtained by each player and his partner are
added up, one hundred points are added to the score of the winners
of the rubber, and the difference between the two scores is the
number of points won, or lost, by the winners of the rubber.
If an erroneous score affecting tricks be proved, such mistake may
be corrected prior to the conclusion of the game in which it
occurred, and such game is not concluded until the last card of the
following deal has been dealt, pr, in the case of the last game of
the rubber, until the score has been made up and agreed.
If an erroneous score affecting honors, Chicane, or Slam be
proved, such mistake may be corrected at any time before the
score of the rubber has been made up and agreed.
The ace is the lowest card.
In all cases, every player must cut from the same pack.
Should a player expose more than one card, he must cut again.
