How to Count Envido Points in Truco
The Envido is a side bet inside each round: who holds the better two cards of one suit. It is settled before the first trick is over, and it scores apart from the round. On Playboard, Bet calls Envido, Bigger bet calls Real Envido and Final bet calls Falta Envido.
Step 1 of 7
Count your Envido
Your Envido comes from two cards of the same suit: add their numbers, then add 20. The 10, 11 and 12 count 0. With no two cards of one suit, your Envido is your highest card on its own, with the 10, 11 and 12 still at 0.
You hold the 7 and the 5 of copas and the 3 of espadas: 7 + 5 + 20 = 32. The best Envido possible is a 7 and a 6 of one suit: 33.
Court cards count zero
You hold the 12 and the 5 of copas and the 7 of espadas. What is your Envido?
Three cards of one suit
All three of your cards are bastos: the 1, the 4 and the 6. What is your Envido?
Bet the Envido
You are Mano with the 7 and the 5 of oros and the 12 of bastos: 32. The Envido can only be called before the first trick is over, so now is the time. A plain Envido is worth 2 points to the higher count if it is accepted, and 1 point to the caller if it is declined.
Your move
Press Bet to call Envido. When your opponent accepts, lead a card.
The Envido goes first
Your opponent is Mano and called Truco before leading. You hold the 7 and the 6 of espadas: 33, the best Envido there is. Once a Truco is accepted, nobody can bet the Envido that round. But you can answer a pending Truco with an Envido: it is settled first, and the Truco waits for your answer.
Your move
Answer the Truco with an Envido bet. Once it is settled, accept the Truco.
Raising the Envido
An Envido can be raised before it is answered. Your opponent bet Envido, and you raised with Real Envido (Bigger bet), which adds 3 points if it is accepted. The biggest call, Falta Envido, is worth whatever the player closer to 15 still needs. If your opponent declines your Real Envido, how many points do you score?
Equal Envidos
You hold the 7 and the 1 of oros and the 12 of bastos: 28. Your opponent holds the 6 and the 2 of copas: 28 as well. You are Mano this round. Who wins the Envido?
What you learned
- Envido: two cards of one suit plus 20, or your highest card alone. The 10, 11 and 12 count 0.
- Of three cards in one suit, only the best two count. The best Envido is 33.
- Bet the Envido before the first trick is over, and before any Truco is accepted.
- You can answer a pending Truco with an Envido, and it is settled first.
- A declined bet pays what it was worth before the last raise, and at least 1 point.
- The Mano wins a tied Envido.
In this course
Unit 1The cards
Unit 2Tricks and the round
Unit 3Calling Truco
Unit 4The Envido
- How to Count Envido Points in Truco
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