BALOOT

The dealer is now in charge. He calls " First," which means the first round of taking the public card, players "buy" the public card, priority goes to the player on the right of the dealer, then the front player (teammate) and then the player on the left, the person with the least priority to take the card is the dealer. Players should say "no" if they don't want the card; this goes counterclockwise.

If someone takes the card, as (for example) Hokom, any player has the right to refuse and take it as Sun. But if the person took the public card as Sun, then only the person with the higher priority can take the card.

"Ashkal", it is said when a player doesn't want the public card, but wants it for their teammate, just to receive 3 cards instead of 2. note: only the dealer and the player to the left of the dealer have the right to call Ashkal. If a player calls Ashkal where they do not have the privilege, the player is forced to take the public card as Sun. If the card was an ace, the player has no right to say Ashkal, if they do, they are forced to buy it as Sun.

If a player has only zero cards - 7, 8 or 9 of any suit, he may choose to force everyone to abandon this turn with no points to any team (Kawesh/Saneen), where he buys the public card as Sun, and lies his cards face up (If he feels he has an advantage he may still buy the card normally). However, in "Second" the player may not ask for this turn to be abandoned.

If all the players choose to not take the card, then the dealer calls, "Second", which means there is another chance in taking the card. If someone takes it as Sun, then no one else can buy it over him even if they were of a higher priority. That is a significant advantage of buying Sun in the second round over the first; that no one else can take it from you even if they were of a higher priority. They lose that right by saying no in the second round. But if someone takes it as Hokom, then the Hokom must be something different from the suit of the public card because it is on the second mode. Other players can take the card as Sun. The player that takes it as Hokom, has the option to choose between three suits before lifting up the two cards that the dealer just gave. Or it is Sun if the player lifts up the two cards before naming a suit for Hokom. There is not "Ashkal" in the second round.

After someone takes the public card. The dealer continues giving other cards to the players, again starting to the right, counter clock-wise, 3 cards to each but 2 cards to the player who has taken the public card.

Once a round is over, the score of each team should be added to the total score .Each card has a score rank as the following:

Note: The team that takes the last trick always add 10 to their score before calculating round score.

In case of Sǔn rounds:

• 7 Score = score + Zero
• 8 Score = score + Zero
• 9 Score = score + Zero
• Jack Score = score + 2
• Queen Score = score + 3
• King Score = score + 4
• 10 Score = score + 10
• Ass Score = score + 11
• Round score = score (to the nearest 10) then divide over 10 then x 2
• Total score = Round score + total rounds scores

In case of Hokom rounds:

Regular Cards

• 7 Score = score + Zero
• 8 Score = score + Zero
• 9 Score = score + Zero
• Jack Score = score + 2
• Queen Score = score + 3
• King Score = score + 4
• 10 Score = score + 10
• Ass Score = score + 11

Trump Cards

• 7 Score = score + Zero
• 8 Score = score + Zero
• Queen Score = score + 3
• King Score = score + 4
• 10 Score = score + 10
• Ass Score = score + 11
• 9 Score = score + 14
• Jack Score = score + 20
• Round score = score (to nearest 10) then divide by 10 then x 1
• Total score = Round score + total rounds scores

GAME BONUSES:
Bonuses are free extra points one of the two teams can earn during a Round. Bonuses also called Projects. Projects (except for Baloot) are always declared in the first turn and shown in the second turn.

There are several types of bonuses in Baloot. The following list describes each of them starting from the minimum.

Sira (Single line):
A player declaration Sira, means that he has a 3 serial cards, according to Global cards sorting (A,K,Q,J,10,9,8,7). for example: Jack, Queen, King or 7,8,9 or other 3 serial cards.
Bonus:
Round score = Round score + 4 (in Sǔn)or
Round score = Round score + 2 (in Hokom)

50:
A player declaration 50, means that he has a 4 serial cards, according to Global cards sorting.
Bonus:
Round score = Round score + 10 (in Sǔn) or
Round score = Round score + 5 (in Hokom)

100:
A player declaration 100, means one of the three positions:

1. The player has five cards in a row in the same suit, according to Global cards sorting.
2. The player has four Jacks, Queens, Kings or tens.
3. The player has four aces. This is only in case of Hokom because in Sǔn rounds 4 aces means 400.

Bonus:
Round score = Round score + 20 (in Sǔn) or
Round score = Round score + 10 (in Hokom)

400:
A player declaration 400, means that he has 4 aces. This is only in case of Sǔn because in Hokom rounds 4 aces means 100.
Bonus:
Round score = Round score + 40 (in Sǔn only)

Baloot:
A player declaration Baloot, means that he has the King and the Queen cards of the Judges suit, for example:
The Judges cards of Hokom round are Clubs and a player has King and Queen.
Bonus:
Round score = Round score + 2 (in Hokom only)

NOTES:

• If two player from different teams, have different projects, only the player with the higher project can show the project and get points for it. 400 > 100 (serial) > 100 (4 of a kind) > 50 > Sira. Only exception is Baloot, which can count.
• If players from different teams has the same level project (e.g.: Two Sira's) Only the one with the highest card can show the project and get points for it.
• Baloot is not declared in the first turn, Baloot is declared when you play the second card of the project. (e.g.: on the first trick you played the king of the judges suit.. two tricks later you're going to play the queen of the judges suit, before you play it you say "Bloot")
• If one (not both) of the Baloot cards is in another project, the Baloot can't be declared. and If both Baloot cards are in a "100" Project, Baloot can not be declared. They still can be declared in "Sira" or "50".
• In Double, Three and Four, Projects are calculated X2, X3, X4 receptively. (See "Multiple scores" below.) (Except for "Baloot", which is always 2).
• If one player of a team gets to show his project that entitles his teammate to show his/her project too. That is why if many projects are declared, it is wise to wait for everyone to say what is his highest card, and see if you can show your project or not.
• If a player has higher project than the player before him/her, but forgets to show it, the other player has the right to show his/her project before he/she plays his/her third card.
• No card can be in two different projects (Except for both Baloot cards in "Sira" or "50").