more than half of the points for that hand. If they get fewer than half, it is a 'bait' or 'bate' and their points go to their opponents. If they get exactly half the points it is a 'half-bait' in which case they score zero while their opponents of course get to score their own points. The play Play begins with eldest hand and proceeds clockwise until each player has played a card. Each player must follow suit by playing a card of the same suit as the first card of each trick. A player who does not have a card of the same suit must play a trump if able. Lacking both, a player may play any card. Players must always head the trick if possible, i.e. on playing a trump they must overtrump any trumps already played. The person who played the highest card to the trick collects the cards and leads to the next trick. It is important collect tricks neatly as they may need to be referred to in the event of a misplay. Completed tricks must be kept face down. A player may suspend play at any time and ask to see the last completed trick but none before it. Once a trick is turned over it is considered complete. Misplay Failure to comply with the aforegoing rules is called a 'misplay (or Reneg)'. A player who suspects someone has 'misplayed (re-negged)' may stop the hand by verbally saying 'misplay (or Reneg)'. It is verified by examining the over-turned tricks and identifying the trick where the misplay is believed to have occurred. If a team is successful in proving the 'misplay', that team then receives all points from the hand that the 'misplay' occurred in. However, if they wrongly announce a 'misplay', the opponents receive all the points for that hand. As an example, suppose the King of trumps is played and the second player plays a 6 of trumps to the trick. If later, the second player plays the 9 of trumps, an observant Tarabish player will realize that someone did not 'Play to Beat' the 'Trump King' during the opening trick. It's at this time the observant player can then call a "Misplay' (also referred to as 'Renegging'). At any time a player may throw his cards and forfeit the points that have been played. Scoring Upon completion of each hand, teams count