Having trouble with Camicia

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The canonical data for the “the 10 just wants to put on a show” Camicia case says the expected # of cards is 13 and # of tricks is 1.

But I play the game out like this:

round player penalty pile A B cards
1 - - ∅ 2 A 7 8 Q 10 3 4 5 6 K 9 J
1 A - 2 A 7 8 Q 10 3 4 5 6 K 9 J 1
1 B - 2 3 A 7 8 Q 10 4 5 6 K 9 J 2
1 A - 2 3 A 7 8 Q 10 4 5 6 K 9 J 3
1 B 1/4 2 3 A 4 7 8 Q 10 5 6 K 9 J 4
1 B 2/4 2 3 A 4 5 7 8 Q 10 6 K 9 J 5
1 B 3/4 2 3 A 4 5 6 7 8 Q 10 K 9 J 6
1 B 4/4 2 3 A 4 5 6 K 7 8 Q 10 9 J 7
1 A 1/3 2 3 A 4 5 6 K 7 8 Q 10 9 J 8
1 A 2/3 2 3 A 4 5 6 K 7 8 Q 10 9 J 9
1 A 3/3 2 3 A 4 5 6 K 7 8 Q 10 9 J 10
1 B 1/2 2 3 A 4 5 6 K 7 8 Q 9 10 J 11
1 B 2/2 2 3 A 4 5 6 K 7 8 Q 9 J 10 ∅ 12
1 A 1/1 2 3 A 4 5 6 K 7 8 Q 9 J 10 ∅ ∅ 13

A paid the payment, B was the last to play a penalty card => B collects trick 1, and B starts the next round.

round player penalty pile A B cards
2 - - ∅ ∅ 2 3 A 4 5 6 K 7 8 Q 9 J 10 13
2 B - 2 ∅ 3 A 4 5 6 K 7 8 Q 9 J 10 14

A cannot play => B collects trick 2, and the game is over

cards tricks
expected 13 1
actual 14 2

What wrong assumption have I made?

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Perhaps @FraSanga you can help?

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If a player has all the cards in their possession after a trick, the game ends.

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Hehe, I made the same comment on the original PR and then the line that Isaac quoted was added.

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I’ve only just read this.
I’m no longer checking the forum regularly.
Thanks to @IsaacG, always there when needed.
If you have any problems, tag me and I’ll read it sooner or later.

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No worries, Isaac unlocked me. Tcl joins the ranks of implementations: Code search results · GitHub

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