Understand the Doubling Option in Barbu

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Doubling is an option that is played at the advanced level. I recommend it strongly only for those players who have played Barbu extensively. You probably would to do well to familiarize yourself with all the other games and so forth because Doubling does alter the basic rules of the game. For example, when you're playing Queens, OK, if somebody has selected Queens. In the game of Queens in the undoubled game, you have to throw a Queen at every opportunity. In other words, if somebody goes up with an Ace, you have to throw one underneath that Ace, if they happen to play that Ace ahead of you. If somebody's off, if you're off suit and you have Queen of diamonds and you don't have any diamonds in your hand, then you have to throw it on the suit. If you happen to be void that's being led. That's the difference. Doubling gives you the option, but then the stakes are higher and the skilled players will try to place those cards accordingly. In hearts, in the game of hearts, the Ace of hearts does not need to be discarded at first opportunity, if you're playing the Double game. On the other hand, if you're playing the straight game, then it does have to be discarded at opportunity. In the game of Tricks, if the hand is doubled, you don't have to climb. We're going to see climb in Pinochle. In other words, if the Jack of clubs is led here and this person has declared clubs, then I have to climb, if possible, with a higher club. It's called climbing or crawling, interestingly enough. And, of course, in Fan Tan, there's no restriction because doubling doesn't affect the way the hand is played. All the plays are forced. In Fan Tan, if you have play, you have to make it. You can't block a suit. Doubling adds a little spice to the game because you're basically telling a person who, say, calls Queens, 'I'm going to double you. I think you're going to get shafted by taking Queens.' And their scored are, obviously doubled against them, negatively. So, just keep that in mind. It's a doubling rule to jazz the game up a little bit and heighten the expert level.

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