Skat Round

Skat - the national card game of Germany. Incredibly deep, difficult to play well, but lots of fun. I call it the chess of card games. This was a favorite of the German military in both world wars during their downtime, and you see reference to it made often.
Here I play a few hands and talk strategy.
Demonstrated using the Skat app for iPhone made by Isar Interactive GmbH & Co KG. I am not in any way affiliated with that company. Just love their app.

[@JC-dk7nb]

Please make another video like this your thinking and watching it happen is incredibly helpful to learn the game

[@MrWayne2001bc]

This is the best video in English that I have found that explains strategy for Skat. Thanks for posting. I hope you make more.

[@m.hamacher7881]

Thanks Wayne! Yes I definitely should

[@atv22314]

Thank you for this amazing video. For a new learner I found this to be absolutely invaluable.

[@barbeldagostino1721]

Growing up in Hamburg, My father taught me Skat at the age of 6. He was a tough teacher but by the tine I was 10, I was a tough opponent. Forward 60 years later, living in Laguna Woods, I've learned Bridge, Romme and Hand and Foot besides Chinese Mahjong. Finally found some German Skat players, but I was petrified to play. This video is giving me the confidence again. I'll have to watch this for the next few hours again and again to get back into the Skat mood. Thank you for sharing this, best video I have found on KZbin.

[@SteffanGrarup]

The first game with all the spades is clearly a Grand game.

[@m.hamacher7881]

Had I had one more jack it would’ve been sure-fire Grand. With this hand, unless the other jacks are evenly distributed, if I couldn’t pull them on the first trick, I could see the wheels falling off of a grand hard with that exposed 10 of a long suit.

[@SteffanGrarup]

@@m.hamacher7881 with the action in the “betting” you could tell (kind of) the Jacks had a good chance not to be on the same hand. You had the opening. Play small spade to get 10 and Down good - wait for the hearts to be played and then play the Black jack one at a time.

[@m.hamacher7881]

@@SteffanGrarup aha good point, thanks!

[@hanng1242]

The base score is calculated from what the winner of the bid is dealt? If one is using software, the program can calculate it, but how does it work live? Does one need to announce it, thereby giving everyone some idea of what one has, or do players set aside the cards taken from the bidder when they take a trick so that it can be recreated to find out what the bidder had?

[@jorgerodriguez7889]

Great video,.Could you tell us what is the game you are playing?, I mean what platform? Can you share the link?

[@plrc4593]

I always wonder why this game didn't evolve into a 4-players card game with bridge-like bidding. Then it would be awesome and a strong opponent for bridge. In the 3-players version this game is not a match for bridge. Not even for 500.

[@hanng1242]

Perhaps it is because Doppelkopf exists, and so Germans play that instead when they have four players.

[@RealHunterino]

New part of the Bordroutine :)

[@m.hamacher7881]

Haha yes indeed! Going to replace one of the rolls with it.

[@Valenorious]

Great, trying to convince subsim players that cardgames while at battlestations is a stupid past time. Then you start a video on explaining a German card game. Go figure! (if you couldn't tell, I'm messing with you with this message. ;) )

[@m.hamacher7881]

Haha very true!