The game is popular enough to have been televised on RTL, Luxembourg's leading TV station[2] and for tournaments to be organised.

[a] Konter a Matt is one of a family of similar games, known as the Couillon Group, played in the Benelux area.

A 24-card stripped deck is used with four suits each comprising Ace (A), King (K), Queen (Q), Jack (J), Ten (10) and Nine (9).

These cards give the game its name because the ♥Q and ♦Q are the two Konters or Kontras and the ♠Q is the Matt, Midd or Meedchen ("Girl").

The four possibilities are (cards ranking from highest to lowest): Teams are decided and players take their seats accordingly.

A player making an announcement after this point is too late and the game value is not increased.

Various factors affect the game score: If the declarers lose, they add as many lines as the winners erase (see 2nd illustration).

In the examples below, the scoring team loses each time: A tie (20–20) is known as a Stänner or Rampo.

A good player always knows: If a team has more than 20 points, they may put the rest of the cards on the table and declare that e.g. "we have 23".