Bluke 11 cards are dealt on the third hand, and so on until only 1 card is dealt, after which 2 are dealt, then 3, and so on all the way back to 13 (see more about ending the game below). Thus for a standard game of Bluke, a total of 25 hands are dealt. One player needs to be designated as score-keeper and will record bids, tally scores and keep track of how many cards are to be dealt for each hand. Once a hand has been dealt, the remaining cards (2 or more) are passed face down to the
Viennese Rummy knocker or rummy caller wins the so-called "knock money", i.e. a chip from all other participants still in play. Furthermore, for each player the negative points ("Schlechtpunkte") received in this game are noted and added cumulatively. Once a player has accumulated 101 or more points, they are eliminated; if all but one player is eliminated, the remaining player wins the pot and the game is over. If a player has already accumulated over 81 but not yet 101 negative points, he may 'buy himself back' into the pot by contributing an additional five chips and reducing his bad point score