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Bezique Score Calculator
🃏 Bezique Score Calculator
Total classic Bezique melds, marriages, bezique and double bezique, brisques, last trick, and progress toward the game target.
Enter one player's current hand scoring. The calculator uses common two-pack Bezique values: royal marriage 40, plain marriage 20, bezique 40, double bezique 500, sequence 250, brisques 10 each, and last trick 10.
📋Score Inputs
Classic keeps the standard meld and brisque values used by many Bezique score sheets.
Bezique games commonly race to 1000 points, but table targets vary.
The player's total before adding this hand's melds and tricks.
Trump determines royal marriages and sequences.
A, 10, K, Q, J of trump scores 250 for each complete sequence entered.
King and queen of trump; each royal marriage scores 40.
King and queen in non-trump suits; each plain marriage scores 20.
Queen of spades plus jack of diamonds scores 40; two sets score 500.
Four aces, one in each suit, score 100 per complete set.
Four kings score 80 per complete set.
Four queens score 60 per complete set, separate from bezique.
Four jacks score 40 per complete set, separate from bezique.
Aces and tens captured in tricks score 10 each, with 16 brisques in the pack.
The player who wins the last trick receives 10 points.
Use only for house-approved additions or carried scoring sheet corrections.
Most Bezique sheets post exact multiples of 10, but this keeps house variants clear.
🎴Result Cards
Bezique Score Summary
Hand Score
0
points this hand
Meld Total
0
declared melds
Trick Points
0
brisques plus last trick
Target Status
Open
needs 0
Current score and target420 / 1000
Trump suit and sequencesSpades, 1 sequence
Sequence meld250
Marriage meld80
Bezique meld0
Four-of-rank meld0
Brisques and last trick80
Other accepted meld0
Posting adjustmentExact score
New running total0
📊Reference Tables
| Meld | Cards Needed | Classic Score | Calculator Input |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trump sequence | A, 10, K, Q, J of trump | 250 per sequence | Trump sequences |
| Single bezique | Queen spades and jack diamonds | 40 | Bezique meld |
| Double bezique | Both queens spades and both jacks diamonds | 500 | Bezique meld |
| Four aces | One ace in each suit | 100 per set | Four aces sets |
| Marriage Type | Cards Needed | Value | Counting Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal marriage | K and Q of trump | 40 | Enter as royal |
| Plain marriage | K and Q non-trump | 20 | Enter as plain |
| Sequence overlap | Trump K and Q in sequence | Table rule | Count if allowed |
| Two-pack limit | Two copies of each card | Up to 2 royal | Input capped at 2 |
| Trick Score Item | Cards / Event | Maximum | Score Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisque aces | Eight aces in the pack | 8 cards | 10 each |
| Brisque tens | Eight tens in the pack | 8 cards | 10 each |
| All brisques | All aces and tens | 16 cards | 160 points |
| Last trick | Final trick winner | 1 event | 10 points |
| Target Situation | Typical Target | Calculator Status | Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early game | 1000 | Open | Track running score |
| Within one hand | 1000 | Close | Needs 200 or less |
| Target reached | 1000 | Reached | Hand crosses target |
| Club target | 1500 or more | Custom | Edit game target |
🂡Bezique Component Grid
64
Cards in pack
2
Player seats
16
Brisques total
1000
Common target
💡Tips
Tip 1: Record meld timing clearly
Bezique scoring can depend on when declarations are made, so use the calculator after confirming which melds were legally declared at the table.
Tip 2: Count brisques separately
Keep aces and tens from won tricks grouped before adding the last trick bonus; it prevents the most common end-hand score error.
This calculator focuses on Bezique arithmetic: meld values, marriages, bezique classes, brisques, last trick, and running target totals.
Scoring in Bezique require the addition of various points to determine the total score for a player. Scoring in Bezique requires both memory and mathematical skill to calculate the total number of points. A player must remember the number of marriages and sequence that they played and added to their score, but it is often difficult for players to remember their total score after each deal.
Using a calculator will allow the player to reach the target score without making any error in the mathematics required to calculate the score of that deal. To calculate the score for a player in Bezique, various point must be entered into the calculator. The player must enter the trump suit that was played, the number of sequences of trumps that they had, the number of royal marriage that they had, the number of plain marriages that they had, and whether they had a single Bezique or a double Bezique.
How to Score Bezique with a Calculator
These scores is required to calculate the total score of the hand, and any change to any of these point will change the total score that is calculated for that player. Brisques and the last trick are different than marriages and sequences because those points is earned from tricks, not marriages and sequences. However, brisques can score a player alot points, and a player can score the last trick for their hand.
The calculator allow for points from brisques and the last trick to be counted separately from the marriages and sequences to allow players to see from which tricks they earn their points. There are different ways to score Bezique depending on the group of players with whom a person is playing. Therefore, the calculator allow players to choose between three different mode: classic table, strict, and club.
The strict mode does not count extra meld, but the club mode does. Each mode will change the point total that is earned by a player by either adding or not adding points to unusual combinations of cards. Additionally, the player can change the target score, as the score can be any number.
Players often make mistakes when scoring Bezique by hand. For instance, players may not remember to score their plain marriages, they may score their brisques before the last trick has been settled, they may write their score in the wrong column, and these mistakes can make it challenging for players to compare score with other players at the table. However, by using the Bezique calculator, players can avoid these manual addition of scores, but they must still enter the necessary information to calculate the total score.
If the information is entered incorrectly, the calculator will report the incorrect total score for that round. Reference tables are included in the Bezique calculator that can help players remember the number of points for each meld. These reference tables can help players remember the number and point value of each marriage, brisques, and the last trick.
Additionally, the reference tables can help players remember the maximum number of brisques that may be scored in a deal. The Bezique calculator cannot keep up with the number of brisques or the last trick that are scored during a deal. Players must often declare a meld before the next player lead to the next trick.
Additionally, if a player leads a card during a trick, that card can no longer be used to make up any later melds. Furthermore, playing a double Bezique scores a player more points than two single Beziques, but only if the player have the queens and jacks necessary to make that meld. While the calculator will add the points for a double Bezique if it is entered into the calculator, the calculator cannot determine if the player had the necessary cards during the game.
Some table will use a “posting” rule that requires that the score for a player be rounded. For instance, players may round to the nearest ten, or they may drop the remainder of the score if it is under ten. These rounding mode are incorporated into the calculator to allow players to score according to the rules of their local game of Bezique.
The score that is determined for a player may change over the course of an evening of playing according to these different mode of rounding the score, so it is important for players to use the correct mode to reach the target score. The target score for Bezique is not always set at one thousand point. For instance, some players may use a target score of fifteen hundred points, or even more.
The higher the target score, the more players will chase the brisques in each deal. Thus, different target scores may be entered into the calculator to see how many points remain to be scored to reach the target. The main purpose of the Bezique calculator is to determine the gap between the score that a player currently has and the target score.
By entering the current score for a player, adding the score for the current deal, and viewing whether that score reaches the target score, the calculator ensure the comparison between the current and target score is accurate. Thus, accurate scoring ensure that players know when another player has reach the target score for that deal. Therefore, keeping the arithmetic clear in calculating the score for each player ensure the results of the game are correct.
