how to play all fours Each team keeps a cumulative total of points they have won, and the first team to reach a total of 14 or more points over however many hands it takes wins the overall game. When nearing the end of a game, the points are counted strictly in the order high, low, jack, game to determine who has reached 14 first, so a tie is impossible. For example, suppose that at the start of a hand both teams have 13 points, that no points are scored for the turned up trump, and the trump suit is accepted. If team A has the highest trump, but team B win low, jack and game, then team A will win, because their point for high takes them to 14 before the other team can score.

Irregularities Misdeal If the dealer gives the wrong number of cards to the players, the opponents score one point for a misdeal, and the cards must be thrown in and shuffled and dealt again. Revoking - also called Reneging This is playing a card of a non-trump card of a different suit from the card that was led when you could have followed suit. There is no penalty provided that the error is corrected by the player of the incorrect card before the end of the trick. An opposing player who notices the error may call the revoke at any time up to the end of the hand, and in that case the penalty is as follows. If the player failed to follow a trump lead with trumps when they held one or more of the top five trumps, that player's team loses the whole of the game (14 points) currently in progress and a new game is started. In other cases - a revoke on a non-trump lead or a failure to play a small trump on a trump lead - the opponents of the revoking player are awarded one point as a penalty, and the revoking team cannot win the point for game.