Belote score sheet to print (free)
Note the trump suit and the taking team, then each team’s points. A deal is worth 162 (+ declarations).
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Note the trump suit and the taking team, then each team’s points. A deal is worth 162 (+ declarations). · Full rules: combiendepoints.fr/en/games/belote/
How to fill in the sheet
One line per deal. In the “Trump / taker” column, write the trump suit and an A or a B for the team that took; under “Lead”, the team that played the first card. After the last trick, each team counts its cards (in trumps: jack 20, nine 14, ace 11, ten 10, king 4, queen 3; elsewhere: ace 11, ten 10, king 4, queen 3, jack 2) and adds 10 for the last trick. Write both scores: together they must make 162, 182 if a belote was declared, 252 on a capot (all tricks). If the takers did not make more than 81, they are “dedans” (inside): the defence scores 162, the takers 0 (they keep their belote).
The last two columns hold the running totals. The game is won by the first team to reach 1,000 points, or whatever target you set.
Sample game
| Deal | Trump / taker | Team A | Team B | Total A | Total B |
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| 1 | Hearts · A | 97 | 65 | 97 | 65 |
| 2 | Spades · B | 162 | 0 + 20 (belote, inside) | 259 | 85 |
| 3 | Diamonds · A | 0 (inside) | 162 | 259 | 247 |
| 4 | Clubs · B | 0 | 252 (capot) | 259 | 499 |
In deal 2, team B took and only made 70: they are inside, team A scores 162; but the belote they declared stays theirs. In deal 4, B takes every trick: capot, 252 points.
Conventions to agree before playing
Belote varies from one table to the next: game to 501, 1,000 or 2,000; scores rounded to the nearest ten or not; the 81–81 tie kept in reserve or lost; capot worth 250 or 252. Write your choices at the top of the sheet before the first deal; it is the only way to avoid the argument on the last one.
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The Belote counter does the maths, keeps the history and names the winner. Reread the Belote scoring rules.