The dealer dealt three cards each, beginning with elder hand, and then three more each so that both players had six cards, before turning the next for trumps. If the turn-up was a Jack, the dealer scored 1 point. If elder did not like his hand, he could 'beg'; if the dealer accepted, elder scored 1 point and threw his cards in; if the dealer refused, he dealt three more cards each and turned another for trumps. If the latter was of the same suit, the exercise was repeated.