Editing Piquet (section)

===Carte blanche===
After the deal, players sort their cards in their hands. A player with no court cards (J, Q, K) may declare "''carte blanche''," which is worth 10 points.  ''Carte blanche'' should be declared immediately.  Either player declaring ''carte blanche'' must show their hand to the other.  However, to preserve fairness, a formal protocol should be followed:

====Elder has ''carte blanche''====
* Elder declares the number of cards that will be exchanged, and sets them to the side.
* Younger chooses cards to be exchanged, and sets them to the side.
* Elder displays entire hand, including cards set aside.

====Younger has ''carte blanche''====
* Younger displays after elder has exchanged cards.

A hand of this type is fairly rare, appearing roughly once every 1,800 hands. Although it often scores poorly, it is usually advantageous to declare it to prevent the opponent from scoring pique or repique, despite the tactical disadvantage of giving information to the opponent.

Note:  It is impossible for both players to hold ''carte blanche,'' so it will never happen that both players declare ''carte blanche''.  (There are 12 face cards in the pack (J,Q,K x 4).  There are only 8 cards in the talon, so at least one player's hand must hold some face cards.)