![]() ![]() The cards are set aside so that the winner’s won-tricks can be clearly seen and counted by everybody. The highest card that’s played wins the trick, and the cards are collected up by the person that won it – not by their partner. Unless the player only has has spades in their hand.Īs mentioned, players must follow suit if they have cards in the suit that’s led. Spades may not be led by anybody until after they have been used for the first time as a trump: that is, played after a lead of another suit (until spades have ‘broken’ that is). They can open play by laying any card except a spade. To repeat, everyone must make a bid, which may range up to 13 (that’s extremely rare).īut rather than the minimum bid being 1, it’s zero ~ more of that later. Each bids once only (unlike bridge, where bidding may go on for ages, or solo, in which bidders may get a second chance). Every player must indicate how many they think they’ll each win: without conferring. The dealer having dealt out 13 cards to everyone, player on dealer’s left indicates how many of the 13 tricks they think they will win: just them, not their partnership. Once all 13 tricks have been played and won, that hand is scored, and dealing passes leftwards for the next hand of 13 tricks. ![]() So, with 13 cards being dealt, each hand is 13 tricks long. There are trumps, and the trump suit is always spades. Players must always follow the suit that was led if they are able to. Aces are the highest ranking card in any suit. Four players are in partnerships, sitting across from each other.īeing a trick taking game (like whist), ranked and suited cards are used to win tricks. ![]()
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