Sasku's strategy

Hello, I'll write down some of the basics that I use to play Sasku. Terms Feet - 10 of trump and an ace Hairy - One pair takes all the trump cards. Hitting a suit - you are missing one suit. You can beat it with a trump card of the suit. Bidding 1) If you have less than 4 cards, don't bid. If, for example, you have all clubs and two cards in your hand, you still have a weak hand because the pair can also only have 2 cards in their hand. 2) If you don't have any cards to beat or a few tens, don't bid. 3) If you don't have any aces and don't have a very strong straight card, don't bid. This game is played for trick points. If your opponent's aces run through, your cards don't matter. 4) If the pair bids, and you have a strong straight card some diamonds, make the diamond the trump card. You probably have most of the cards in your hand (see point 1), you are more likely to get 2 or 3 points. 5) If your opponent passes, only make a diamond trump if you have several suits to play, single aces in your hand or at least 7 diamonds with strong pictures. Playing out on the trump maker 1) As quickly as possible, make it clear whether there is a hair game - play your strongest pictures on both sides. 2) Draw (play) trump as long as possible. Goal: If your opponent has a suit to play, he can play that suit as soon as possible before the end of the trump. 3) If the smell of hair is up, stop drawing trump in time and play a suit (possibly an ace) so that the partner can lose his suit. Playing in a defensive position 1) Play a suit, the trumps are in the opponent's hand. There is one exception: If you only have 1 or 2 trumps and good points (tens, aces), you can also pass trumps with the aim of passing tens and aces to the next tricks that your partner takes. 2) If you see that your partner has passed a ten to your opponent's ace, pass that suit again - he now has that suit to beat and he may be able to lose some of the suits. General truths 1) If you have a club, pass it - your partner may have legs in his hand. 2) Count every point you take 3) If you pass a suit (take a trick with trump), do it with a picture. Every point counts. 4) If your partner takes a trick with trump, pass him a jack or queen as well. Every point counts. 5) If you have an ace, pass it first from the suits. If the pair has 10 and this suit is being led by the opponents, he does not know who has the ace and is very likely not to throw the 10 into that trick. 6) If the pair gives you a picture, give him (if possible) a suit that you can get rid of. 7) If the pair takes the trick with an ace and you have this suit to beat, lose the suit or throw in the 10. There is no point in beating with trump. I am waiting for comments/suggestions. I will put good ideas here in the first post, eventually I will add this tutorial to the rules of Sasku.

Playing a king of clubs is usually not a good plan. If your partner has legs, he can hold them for a later turn. A king of clubs is still worth playing if there is hope for a big trick. The general principle is not to draw high cards if it will ruin the forks. For example, a king of clubs and a king of spades could both take the trick. It is more cunning to play small cards against your partner's big pieces. So you have to wait for your partner/opponent to lead a trump and play the king of spades first. Ideally, this king of clubs would find its place on your opponent's king of spades.

Unlike Bridge, it's not the number of tricks that counts here, but trick points! Feet are always more valuable than the pot. And you have to play high cards until it's clear whether you're going to get a hairy hand or not.

and that's how it's played, right?

Pretty thorough advice and mostly valid. The most important general truth is missing: try to get paired with the Master.

The Master himself has so few points.....

Now I could add how to play in tournaments. There are definitely differences in strategy, especially when bidding and making trump...

Who is the Master :D? Anyway - I recommend reading this post with the idea in mind, maybe you will get some ideas.

Playing in a defensive position 1) Lead the suit, the trumps are in the opponent's hand. There is one exception: If you only have 1 or 2 trumps and decent points (tens, aces) you can also lead the trumps with the aim of throwing the tens and aces to the next tricks that the partner takes. I cannot agree with this exception....there must be a trick first...there is a risk that I will try to protect the hair and the partner will lead the trumps, which is real stupidity. You must lead from the suit, preferably from the ace or from the suit received after the picture.

When I was still a young boy, I was taught that in chess and checkers, the last person to make a mistake loses - the in-between is pure creation :)