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Toepen (/ˈtupə(n)/) is a trick-taking Netherlands card game for three to eight players, and is often played as a drinking game. Typically the number of players is 4.
At the end of the hand, all of the players, bar the winner of the fourth and final trick, receive a point. A player may toep i.e. increase the number of points at stake during a round at any time during play. Each toep increases the point value of the round by one. A toep is usually signified by a knock on the table. Upon toeping the opposing players may either fold and receive the previous point total or risk receiving the new increased total by remaining in the round. A player who reaches the maximum number of points is eliminated. This maximum is typically 10 or 15, depending on the price of drinks.
The winner of the round (i.e. the winner of the 4th trick) has to deal in the next round and the player on the left of the dealer leads to the first trick of the next round. The winner of a trick leads to the next trick in the same round. A special action occurs when a player is one point short of the maximum and is in pelt (poverty). In order to protect this player, the player on pelt always leads to the first trick, irrespective of where the dealer sits. The round value is automatically raised to 2 at the start and all other players have to decide whether they want to play the round for 2 points or leave (before a card is played) for 1 point.
A player who has lost ten lives, buys a round of drinks (or contributes to the drinks kitty or contributes an agreed number of chips to the pot), the slate is wiped clean and the next Rubber bridge starts. A player who has already lost nine lives may not knock. Similarly, a player who has already lost eight lives may not make the second knock, one who has already lost seven lives may not make the third knock, and so on.Cf. A.H. Morehead & G. Mott-Smith (eds), Hoyle's Rules of Games, NAL Signet (2001).
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You can toep, this means that more points are played. This example shows that Tame has often gone and often lost. Thijs has often won and has a low number of points. He has a great chance of winning. When he wins three times, he's a Toepkoning ("Tapping King"). Thomas plays average and Stan is probably a lijntoeper. This means that it only lasts when it is certain that it is winning. In this example, Tame insists on poverty. This means that when he gets another point, he's out of the game. Now the other players have to choose if they want to play. In the event that they last, two points are played.
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