Instead the opponent of the Schmeisser can insist on playing, in which case the player who said Schmeiss becomes the taker, exactly as though he had chosen the suit of the turned-up card as trumps. All the basics are the same. It also allows the possibilities of temporary and completely unprincipled conspiracy between the two defending players. I only came across this version in Scotland - I think there is a touch of 'Ah kent his faither' about it, where you have it in for someone who might just be getting above himself. Dealer deals clockwise in threes to each player.
Players speak in turn clockwise.
The taker simply has to gain more than either opponent, not to beat their combined score. In the case of a bate the higher opponent wins the bate player's points. For the sake of clarity, it is worth pointing out that where a lead of a plain suit has been trumped by the second player to a trick and the third to play also has no cards in the suit led, then the third player must still overtrump if possible. If he cannot overtrump he must play a lower trump, and only if he is out of trump may he discard freely. It is usual to 'Gie it to the low man' when it comes to discarding - second best in the running total of points will often throw a good card onto third best's certain trick to stop it falling to the 'high man'.