bidding again. The calling player may pick up the talon again if the other two players pass. A player who takes the talon must make a higher bid than the previous one, then lay any two cards face down on the table to re-form the talon. This continues until all players pass (including the highest bidder) after which the calling player announces the trump unless the game is "plain" or "Hearts", and the other two players become the defending team. Card points in the talon count against the calling player whenever the simple game's score is involved. All doubling takes place after the end of bidding and before the end of the first trick. In a specific variation of the game, bidding takes place in two rounds. In the first round, each player gets five cards. The player on the right of the dealer bids first with all other players entitled to bid, counter-clockwise. They should either pass or announce a higher bid, keeping in mind that the value of all bids (and doubles) are twice as high in the first round as normally. Whichever player wins the first-round auction gets two extra cards from the dealer, then each player - beginning from the player on the right of the dealer - gets five more cards. The player who won the first round of the auction selects two cards and places them face down, confirming their first-round bid or raising it, but with the same trump suit and the multiplier reduced to one. After this, bidding continues like in the normal game. It should be stressed that in this version the winning bid from the first round (including its value) remains valid in the second round, until someone else (or the caller themselves) announces a higher bid. Doubling Doubling takes place at the beginning of the game, after the bidding is over and ends when the second trick has been led. Doubles multiply their appropriate components by factors of 2. Only the team opposed to the team which doubled the last time can call a double, which may go on infinitely. All components that are doubled must be stated the moment a player doubles. Doubles are binding to both defenders, except if a defender is doubling no-trump components against the soloist, where only this defender is bound to the double. If no doubling has taken place yet, only the defenders