Table of Skat bidding values.
Version of Thursday 28 August 2025.
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This is a table of bidding values for the card game Skat. It relies on the rules that are most widely considered standard.
This information is consistent with Wikipedia, but is here arranged in what some players may find to be a more convenient format.
The base values of the various games are:
game | base value | multipliers |
Diamonds ♦ | 9 | 2 through 18 |
Hearts ♥ | 10 | 2 through 18 |
Spades ♠ | 11 | 2 through 18 |
Clubs ♣ | 12 | 2 through 18 |
Grand | 24 | 2 through 11 |
Null | 23, 35, 46, 59 | none |
There are 82 possible bids, but sometimes there are two or three of them are at the same point value. As a result, there are only 63 bidding levels. Here they are:
value |
♦ |
♥ |
♠ |
♣ |
grand |
null |
|
18 |
♦2 |
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20 |
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♥2 |
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22 |
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♠2 |
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23 |
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null |
24 |
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♣2 |
|
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27 |
♦3 |
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30 |
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♥3 |
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|
33 |
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♠3 |
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35 |
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null hand |
|
36 |
♦4 |
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♣3 |
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|
40 |
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♥4 |
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44 |
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♠4 |
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45 |
♦5 |
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46 |
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null overt |
48 |
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♣4 |
G2 |
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|
50 |
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♥5 |
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|
54 |
♦6 |
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55 |
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♠5 |
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59 |
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null overt hand |
60 |
|
♥6 |
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♣5 |
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|
63 |
♦7 |
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value |
♦ |
♥ |
♠ |
♣ |
grand |
|
66 |
|
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♠6 |
|
|
70 |
|
♥7 |
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|
72 |
♦8 |
|
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♣6 |
G3 |
|
77 |
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♠7 |
|
|
80 |
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♥8 |
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|
81 |
♦9 |
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84 |
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♣7 |
|
88 |
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♠8 |
|
|
90 |
♦10 |
♥9 |
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|
96 |
|
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♣8 |
G4 |
99 |
♦11 |
|
♠9 |
|
|
100 |
|
♥10 |
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|
108 |
♦12 |
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♣9 |
|
110 |
|
♥11 |
♠10 |
|
|
117 |
♦13 |
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|
120 |
|
♥12 |
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♣10 |
G5 |
121 |
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♠11 |
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|
126 |
♦14 |
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|
130 |
|
♥13 |
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|
132 |
|
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♠12 |
♣11 |
|
135 |
♦15 |
|
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value |
♦ |
♥ |
♠ |
♣ |
grand |
|
140 |
|
♥14 |
|
|
|
143 |
|
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♠13 |
|
|
144 |
♦16 |
|
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♣12 |
G6 |
|
150 |
|
♥15 |
|
|
|
153 |
♦17 |
|
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|
154 |
|
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♠14 |
|
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|
156 |
|
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♣13 |
|
160 |
|
♥16 |
|
|
|
162 |
♦18 |
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|
|
165 |
|
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♠15 |
|
|
168 |
|
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♣14 |
G7 |
170 |
|
♥17 |
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|
176 |
|
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♠16 |
|
|
180 |
|
♥18 |
|
♣15 |
|
187 |
|
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♠17 |
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|
192 |
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♣16 |
G8 |
198 |
|
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♠18 |
|
|
204 |
|
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♣17 |
|
|
216 |
|
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♣18 |
G9 |
240 |
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G10 |
264 |
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G11 |
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