Coinche scoring even when redoubled
Pick the contract, the trumps and the double, then type the takers' points: Teamzy says whether the contract is made or lost, adds the belotes, rounds to the ten and fills in the score sheet all the way to 2000.
Coinche in 30 seconds
Coinche, also called contrée, is the French belote with bidding: four players in two teams, 32 cards. The taking team bids a contract from 80 to 160 points, or capot, and picks the trumps. If it reaches it, belote included, it scores its points plus its contract; if not, the defence scores 160 plus the contract. A double doubles the stakes, a redouble quadruples them. Points are rounded to the ten, and matches are often played to 2000.
What each card is worth
The cards are worth the same as at belote: in trumps, the jack and the 9 outrank everything. With the last trick bonus, a deal is worth 162 points. This is the scale Teamzy applies when a suit is trumps.
The cards and the last trick
| What counts | Points |
|---|---|
| Jack of trumps | 20 |
| 9 of trumps | 14 |
| Ace | 11 |
| 10 | 10 |
| King | 4 |
| Queen | 3 |
| Jack (not trumps) | 2 |
| Last trick bonus | 10 |
| 7s and 8s, 9s not trumps | 0 |
What each team scores
The contract is made if the takers reach it, belote included, even when the defence scored more points. Each score is then rounded to the ten: Teamzy does it for you.
| Result | Who scores what |
|---|---|
| Contract made | The takers score their points, plus their contract, plus their belote. The defence scores its points and its belote. |
| Contract lost | The defence scores 160 plus the contract, and every belote. The takers score nothing. |
| Doubled | The team that was right scores 320 plus twice the contract, and every belote. The other team scores nothing. |
| Redoubled | The team that was right scores 640 plus four times the contract, and every belote. The other team scores nothing. |
| Capot bid | The takers must win all 8 tricks: they score 500 points (1,000 doubled, 2,000 redoubled), belote on top. If they miss, the defence scores the same, belotes included. |
The points, contract by contract
What the team that was right scores, belotes aside (20 points each): the defence when the contract is lost, and the team that wins its bet when there is a double or a redouble.
| Contract | Lost | Doubled | Redoubled |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 240 | 480 | 960 |
| 90 | 250 | 500 | 1,000 |
| 100 | 260 | 520 | 1,040 |
| 110 | 270 | 540 | 1,080 |
| 120 | 280 | 560 | 1,120 |
| 130 | 290 | 580 | 1,160 |
| 140 | 300 | 600 | 1,200 |
| 150 | 310 | 620 | 1,240 |
| 160 | 320 | 640 | 1,280 |
| Capot | 500 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
A suit, no trumps or all trumps
No trumps and all trumps are a variant allowed by the French Belote Federation, and many tables play it. For all trumps, the Federation counts the cards at their trump value (258 points), then brings the total back to 162 with a conversion table. Teamzy uses a scale out of 162 directly: no table needed.
| Trumps | Card values |
|---|---|
| A suit | The scale above: jack of trumps 20, 9 of trumps 14, ace 11, 10 10, king 4, queen 3. One belote possible. |
| No trumps | Ace 19, 10 10, King 4, Queen 3, Jack 2. No belote. |
| All trumps | Jack 13, 9 9, Ace 6, 10 5, King 3, Queen 2. Up to 4 belotes. |
One deal, from start to finish
The Eagles bid 100 in spades and hold the belote. Their tricks bring 94 points, last trick bonus included.
- 1The cards are worth 162 points: that leaves 162 − 94 = 68 for the Tigers.
- 2The belote counts towards the contract: 94 + 20 = 114, at least 100, so the contract is made.
- 3The Eagles score their points, their contract and their belote: 94 + 100 + 20 = 214, rounded to 210. The Tigers score 68, rounded to 70.
The Eagles score 210 points, the Tigers 70. Had the Tigers doubled, the Eagles would have scored 320 + 2 × 100 + 20 = 540 points, and the Tigers nothing.
In Teamzy, you pick 100, type 94 and tap the belote: the sum and the rounding show up on their own, exactly as here.
The questions that always come up at the table
Yes. Coinche, belote coinchée and belote contrée all name the same belote with bidding: coincher means to double, and surcoincher to redouble. The French Belote Federation calls it belote contrée. It is played by 4, in two teams; the Federation plays it without declarations, and Teamzy does not count them.
Each team counts its tricks, 162 points with the last trick bonus, and its belotes. If the takers reach their contract, belote included, they score their points plus their contract, and the defence its points. If not, the defence scores 160 plus the contract. Each score is then rounded to the ten: 85 becomes 90, 84 becomes 80. This is the points made plus the bid method, the one Teamzy uses; some tables count only the points made, without adding the contract.
160 points plus the value of the contract, and every belote, the takers' one included. The takers score nothing. A lost contract of 110 therefore gives the defence 270 points, belotes on top. On the Teamzy score sheet, the deal is marked “lost”, with the name of the team that took.
A double doubles the stakes: the team that was right scores 320 plus twice the contract, and every belote; the other scores nothing. A redouble quadruples them: 640 plus four times the contract. A doubled contract of 130 that is made gives the takers 580 points, belotes on top; if it is lost, the defence gets the 580 points.
It is the same total: the cards are worth 152 points, and the last trick brings 10 more, the last trick bonus. Just count the takers' points, last trick bonus included: the defence has the rest of the 162. In Teamzy, you type those points and the app works out the defence's. For a lost contract, you count 160: the 162 rounded to the ten.
Bidding capot means committing to win all 8 tricks. Made, it brings 500 points, 1000 doubled and 2000 redoubled, plus the belotes; missed, the defence scores them. A team that wins every trick without bidding capot scores 252 card points, since the last trick is then worth 100, plus its contract.
With no trumps, there are no trumps and no belote: ace 19, 10 10, king 4, queen 3, jack 2, that is 162 points with the last trick bonus. With all trumps, every suit is trumps and there can be up to 4 belotes. The Federation then counts the cards at their trump value (258 points) and brings the total back to 162 with a table. Teamzy uses a scale out of 162 directly: jack 13, 9 9, ace 6, 10 5, king 3, queen 2.
Often 2000 points, sometimes 1000 or 1500 at home. The first team to reach or pass the target wins; if both pass it on the same deal, the one with more points wins. In Teamzy, the target is 2000 points and can be changed in the game settings.
Official rules of belote contrée, French Belote Federation (in French)Your next Coinche match, without pen and paper
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