A Tresette End Game

 

 

Player 1
denari	spade	bastoni	coppe
fante	asso	tre	fante
		due
		re
		cinque
Player 2
asso	due	sette	tre
re
sette
cinque

There are seven cards left to play. If Player 2 led, he could open with his due di spade. Player 1 is forced to play his asso di spade and Player 2 picks up cinque figura (1 1/3 points). Now Player 2 plays his asso di denari. Player 1 is forced to play his fante di denari. Player 2 picks up cinque figura (1 1/3 points). {current total 2 2/3 points, or dieci figura}.

Now Player 2 has a chance to strip Player 1 of three bastoni because Player 1 cannot follow suit. Player 2 plays his re, then his sette, then his fante. Assuming Player 1 responds with his cinque di bastoni, then his re di bastoni and then his fante di bastoni, Player 2 picks up and additional 3 figura or 1 point. ). {current total 3 2/3 points, or quattordici figura}.

Player 1
denari	spade	bastoni	coppe
		tre	fante
Player 2
		sette	tre

Now Player 2 plays his sette di bastoni. Player 1 wins with his tre di bastoni. Now it is Player 1’s lead. He plays his final card, the fante di coppe. Player 2 has the tre di coppe. Player 2 wins the final hand and another point and 1 figura. {final total 5 points}.

If it were Player 1’s lead he should hold on to this bastoni for as long as possible. Let’s assume he opens with his fante di coppe. Player 1 has to follow suit. He plays his tre di coppe, picks up due figura and takes the lead. If Player 2 then played his due di spade to pick up Player 1’s asso di spade, Player 2 would have 1 3/4 points (the asso di spade and 3 figura).

Player 1
denari	spade	bastoni	coppe
fante		tre
		due
		re
		cinque
Player 2
asso		sette
re
sette
cinque

Now each player has five cards left. Player 2 commands in denari, Player 1 commands in bastoni. Player 2 should play his asso di denari. Player1 must play his fante di bastoni. Player 1 cannot win the final and but he can pick up and additional 3 figura by playing his re, sette, and cinque di denari in succession. Player1 cannot follow suit. Player 1 wins the final hand and 1 point with his tre di bastoni.

If Player 2 were to play his sette di bastoni Player 1 could take the card with his re, due or tre di bastoni. Player 1 would have 3 bastoni remaining in his hand. Player 2 has no bastoni. This would enable Player 1 to pick up an additional 4 figura or 1 point. Player 2 would take the final hand with his asso di bastoni.