King is a 4-player Turkish trick-taking compendium played with a full 52-card deck; each player gets 13 cards and plays for themselves. A match is 28 deals: 7 contracts rotate, each declared once by every player. Koz (El Al) is the only positive contract — the declarer names the trump suit and every trick is worth +50. The other six are penalty contracts: El Almaz −50 per trick, Kupa Almaz −30 per heart, Erkek −60 per jack/king, Kız −100 per queen, Son İki −180 for each of the last two tricks, and Rıfkı −320 for the single King of Hearts. The highest total wins the match.
Play now — it’s freeKing uses the full 52-card deck — four suits from 2 up to Ace, Aces high. Nothing is removed.
Four players, no partnerships: each plays alone. Each deal gives 13 cards per player and runs up to 13 tricks.
On this site contracts rotate without an auction: a match is 28 deals, each of the 7 contracts is played 4 times, and every player declares every contract once. The declaring player deals that hand and, in the trump contract, picks the koz.
| Contract | Goal | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Koz (El Al) | Take tricks — declarer picks trump | +50 per trick (+650 total) |
| El Almaz | Avoid taking any trick | −50 per trick (−650 total) |
| Kupa Almaz | Avoid capturing hearts | −30 per ♥ (−390 total) |
| Erkek Almaz | Avoid jacks and kings | −60 per J/K (−480 total) |
| Kız Almaz | Avoid queens | −100 per Q (−400 total) |
| Son İki | Avoid the last two tricks | −180 each (−360 total) |
| Rıfkı | Avoid the King of Hearts | −320 for ♥K |
The declarer names a trump suit and leads the first trick. Any trump beats every card of the other suits.
You must follow suit if you can. If you are void in the led suit and hold any trump, you must play a trump — even a low one (underruffing is allowed).
The highest trump wins the trick; if no trump was played, the highest card of the led suit wins. Every trick is +50 points; a declarer taking all 13 tricks scores +650.
Penalty contracts have no trump. You must follow suit if you can.
The withholding rule: if you hold a penalty card of the led suit and a higher card of that suit has already been played to the trick, you must play your penalty card — you cannot save it.
If you are void in the led suit and hold any penalty card, you must discard a penalty card: hearts in Kupa Almaz, jacks/kings in Erkek, queens in Kız; in Rıfkı the ♥K first, otherwise any heart. If you hold no penalty card you may discard anything.
In Kupa Almaz and Rıfkı hearts may not be led until hearts have been broken (a heart discarded on an earlier trick); a player holding only hearts must lead a heart.
When every penalty card has appeared, the hand ends immediately — no points remain. That is why Rıfkı hands are so short: as soon as the ♥K hits the table, the deal is over.
In Koz every trick you take is +50; in the penalty contracts every trick or penalty card you capture scores the negative value from the table above. Points accumulate deal after deal; after 28 deals the highest total wins the match.
Example: capture the ♥K in Rıfkı and you score −320, and the hand ends at once. In Son İki the first 11 tricks are free — only the last two cost −180 each to their winners.
Every move is on the clock: 12 seconds to pick the trump and 16 seconds to play a card. When your time runs out the server plays the closest legal move, so a table never stalls.
In El Almaz, play low early — hoarding honors forces you to eat the last tricks.
In Kupa Almaz and Rıfkı, break hearts carefully: it also puts the ♥K holder in danger.
In Erkek and Kız, remember you cannot save a covered penalty card.
In Son İki, dump your high cards early so your last tricks are all low.
A full 52-card deck — ranks 2 through Ace in all four suits — with 13 cards dealt to each of the four players.
Four, and each plays alone — there are no partnerships or teams.
Koz (El Al), El Almaz, Kupa Almaz, Erkek Almaz, Kız Almaz, Son İki and Rıfkı. Koz is the only positive contract; the other six are penalty contracts.
Rıfkı is the Turkish name for the King of Hearts (♥K) as a penalty card. In the Rıfkı contract it is the only penalty card: capturing it scores −320, and the hand ends the moment it is played.
Yes. If you cannot follow suit and hold any trump, you must play one — even a low trump (underruffing is allowed).
No. If a higher card of the led suit has been played to the trick, a penalty card of that suit must be played; and if you are void you must discard a penalty card if you hold one.
In Kupa Almaz and Rıfkı, the first time a heart is discarded on a trick. After that, hearts may be led — unless a player holds only hearts, who must lead a heart.
On this site a match is 28 deals: 7 contracts × 4 players, with every player declaring every contract once. The highest total score wins.
Yes — king.yeeqia.com runs King free in your browser, with no download and no sign-up needed to try a table.
They are from the same family but different: in Batak everyone bids a number of tricks; in King the contracts rotate and include six penalty contracts.