Trull (cards) Trull (cards) The trull is a trio of three special trump cards used in Tarock games in Austria and other countries that have a much higher card value than the other trumps. The individual cards are known as trull cards ("Trullstücke"). The word "trull" is derived from the French "tous les trois" which means "all three". In spite of its French roots the term is not common in the game of French tarot, where the trull cards are called "les bouts" ("butts") or, in earlier times, "les oudlers", which has no other meaning. The games of the tarot (French) or
Bidding (cards) Bidding (cards) Bidding is the process in many card games, such as Skat, Pinochle, Binokel, Bridge, Solo Whist, Préférence, L’Hombre, Bauernschnapsen and most types of Tarock, whereby players vie to be able to specify the type of contract, the trump cards and/or to be able to pick up a set of face-down cards known variously, for example, as the talon, skat, dabb. Players may raise the bid (by bidding a higher contract or point value) until the highest bidder is determined when the others all say "pass". Bidding may be done in successive pairs as in Skat (in the sequence: