Domino bonuses
What Is Pase de Salida in Domino? The Opening Pass Bonus
You lead the first tile, the next player passes, and many Dominican tables pay a bonus for it. The play is called pase de salida — and on older tables, simply veinticinco.
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Published July 25, 2026
Direct answer
What is pase de salida?
Pase de salida is a bonus awarded when the player immediately after the opener cannot answer the opening tile and has to pass. Most Dominican tables pay 25 points for it, which is why older tables simply call the play veinticinco.
What to remember
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It triggers on the very first play of a hand, not at the finish.
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Only the pass immediately after the opening tile counts.
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Most tables pay 25, which is where the nickname veinticinco comes from.
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Like every bonus, the amount is a house rule — agree on it before the first hand.
In this guide
Some bonuses reward a spectacular finish. This one rewards the very first move of the hand: you open, the player to your right cannot answer, and the table pays you for it.
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What the play actually is
The hand begins. Whoever has la mano leads a tile. The next player in turn order looks at their hand, has nothing that matches, and passes. That is a pase de salida — an opening pass — and on most Dominican tables it pays a bonus to the side that opened.
The bonus exists because the situation is genuinely rare and genuinely informative. Being unable to answer the very first tile means the passer holds nothing of that number at all, which tells the whole table something valuable on turn two.
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The opener plays the first tile of the hand.
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The player immediately after them cannot match it and passes.
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The opening side collects the agreed bonus.
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Why older tables call it veinticinco
Twenty-five points is the value most Dominican tables settled on for this play, and the number stuck to the play itself. Ask for veinticinco at an older table and everyone knows you mean the opening pass, not a score of 25.
Both names are correct. Pase de salida describes what happened; veinticinco describes what it pays. Younger tables and written rule sets tend to prefer pase de salida because it survives a table that pays a different amount.
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What does not count
Only the pass immediately after the opening tile qualifies. If the second player answers and the third passes, that is an ordinary pass with no bonus attached — useful information, but not a scoring play.
It is also distinct from paso redondo, where every opponent passes after one of your plays. Pase de salida is about the first tile of the hand; paso redondo can happen at any point and requires all three opponents to pass.
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A pass later in the hand is not a pase de salida.
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A single pass is enough here — you do not need all three opponents.
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It is scored once, on the opening exchange.
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Scoring it in FichaFlow
FichaFlow's score keeper carries pase de salida as a bonus you can add to a hand, with the point value your table agreed on. Set it once when you start and the app applies it every time you record the play.
Because the trigger depends on reading the table rather than the tiles alone, this is one of the bonuses you add yourself rather than one the app detects for you.
Frequently asked questions
Is pase de salida the same as veinticinco?
Yes. Veinticinco is the older name, taken from the 25 points most tables pay for the play. Pase de salida describes the same situation: the player after the opener cannot answer and passes.
How many points is pase de salida worth?
Twenty-five on most Dominican tables, which is where the nickname comes from. The amount is a house rule, so agree on it before the first hand along with your other bonuses.
Does it count if a later player passes?
No. Only the pass immediately after the opening tile qualifies. A pass further into the hand is ordinary play, even though it still gives the table useful information.
Sources & fact-checking
The factual claims in this guide were checked against the references below.
- Dominoes in the Dominican Republic
DR1 · Accessed July 25, 2026
Overview of Dominican table play and the bonus plays commonly agreed before a game starts.