The cards should appear in the following order:
- 1. Three useless cards.
- 2. Three good cards.
- 3. Three useless cards.
- 4. Three good cards.
- 5. The seven of spades (the turn-up card).
- 6. The eight of spades.
- 7. A useless card.
- 8. The ace of hearts.
- 9. A useless card.
And in the same way for the aces, the three kings, and the three tens, which ought to be separated from each other by indifferent cards.
Then a false cut, and deal three cards at a time.
"When the game of Bézigue was first invented," you say to your adversary, "they used to play with the same number of cards as at Piquet, making five hundred points the game; and, in consequence of the small quantity of cards, each player had never more than six cards in his hand at a time. Let us do things as they ought to be done, and play it in that way."
"Remember, sir, that I warned you that I would make five hundred points, before you marked one. But if you have the brisques (the four tens) you may count them. I will, however, save you unnecessary trouble, by getting them myself," and you take them in, one after the other.
"The turn-up card is yours by right, but, that it may not injure me I am going to trump it, which makes me game. Thus, ten for the last card, and twenty for brisques, make thirty, which, added to four hundred and eighty, make five hundred and ten."
It must be understood, that in this game you must take every trick, so as to be always the first to play.
This game is certainly a difficult one to play, but it has the advantage of producing a very brilliant effect.