Konter a Matt jack 1, 10 and 9 nothing. At the beginning of one game, the trump suit is fixed. Additionally, three cards are always trumps: the queens of spades Q, hearts Q and diamonds Q are always trumps. This is what gave the name to the game: the two queens of hearts Q and diamonds Q are the two Kontra trumps, the queen of spades Q is the “Matt”. As a consequence, in a match, depending on which suit is the trump, there are nine or eight trumps, four possibilities, the value of the cards is as follows (from highest to lowest,
Five-suit bridge joker but this is discarded before play as it is not used. Sixteen cards are dealt to each player with the remaining 65th card (the "widow" or "kitty") being dealt face up on the middle of the table. This card would go to whoever made the highest bid who would then discard a card that must be exposed. Five-suit bridge Five-suit bridge is a late 1930s variation of contract bridge played with a deck of 65 playing cards divided into five suits. In the summer of 1937 in Vienna, Walter W. Marseille, with the help of Paul Stern, published rules