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Must my play match the type and size of the combination led?

The rulebook states this directly; several players say the same.

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Yes — a response has to be the same kind of combination with the same number of cards, and it has to rank higher. A single answers a single, a pair a pair, a five-card straight only a higher five-card straight, and two consecutive pairs only two higher consecutive pairs. Only bombs break this rule.

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