Scoring for honours introduces a larger luck element into the game. Instead of determining trumps by facing the last card in the deal, an alternative is to fix the trump suit in advance.

In this case it is normal to go through the trump suits in a fixed sequence - for the first deal hearts are trumps, for the second deal diamonds, then spades, then clubs, then hearts again, and so on.

This method is commonly used in tournaments, such as whist drives. It is also possible to introduce no trumps into the sequence - so that every fifth hand is played without trumps.

The number of points required for game varies. In America a target of 7 was customary. In Britain the game was 5 points up, but it was usual to play a rubber which was the best of three games - that is, the winners were the first side to win two games.

There was also "Long Whist" in which game was 10 points. When playing a tournament, it is inconvenient to have people at different tables play varying numbers of deals before moving.

Therefore it is usual to play a fixed number of deals, rather than a game. Each player's score is the total number of odd tricks tricks above six that their side has taken over the deals played.

Doncaster Whist Club is an active and friendly club that runs whist drives in various formats four evenings per week.

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Whist is a simple trick taking game, played in pairs. The players sitting across from each other are a team and together they try to get as many tricks as possible.

Each player gets dealt 13 cards. The first player to start is chosen randomly, in the next round the person to start will be the next person to the left of the person who started the current round.

In each round there is a special trump suit, whose cards are considered higher than all the other suits. Every fifth round there is no trump.

A player leading a trick can put out a card in any suit he wants, even the trump suit. The players that follow must put out cards in the same suit if they have at least one.

Players may look at their hands but the kitty remains face down. The player to the dealer's left makes a bid or passes. There are several varieties of bid a player can make.

This is essentially a bet or "contract" that the player's team will be able to take a certain number of tricks. Each bid must include a number from 1 to 7.

This is the number of points the bidding player claims they can make. Since the first six tricks a team wins aren't worth any points, add 6 to the bid to determine how many tricks the player's team has to take to succeed.

A bid of 3 is a promise to win at least 9 tricks. A winning "Downtown" bid changes the value of the cards.

A bid of "Four" or "Four Uptown" is a promise to win at least 4 points 10 tricks and to follow the usual ranking of the cards.

A bid of "Four Downtown" promises to win at least 4 points and follow a partially reversed card ranking: [8] X Research source The uptown or normal card ranking from lowest to highest is: 2, 3, Both Jokers are considered trumps.

The downtown card ranking from lowest to highest is: K, Q, J, 10, Note that Aces and Jokers remain high in the Downtown ranking! A bid of "Seven Notrump" promises that the bidder's team will win seven points all 13 tricks and that there will be no trump suit this round.

If a Notrump bid wins, jokers are worthless this round and can never win a trick. You cannot make a "Notrump Uptown" or "Notrump Downtown" bid.

Each player in clockwise order bids or passes. Each bid must be higher than the last bid spoken, following these rules: A bid is always higher than a bid with a lower number.

Any bid of "Four" beats any bid of "Three". A "Downtown" bid is higher than an "Uptown" bid of the same amount.

Remember that an unspecified bid e. A "Notrump" bid is higher than any other bid of the same number. When the other 3 players pass, the last bid spoken wins.

The rules declared in that bid are now in effect this round, once the winner makes some decisions: If the winning bid was a Trump, Uptown, Downtown, or unspecified bid, the winner decides which suit is the trump suit this round.

If the winning bid was a Notrump bid, the winner decides whether to play with Uptown or Downtown ranking. If the first three players to speak all pass, the dealer must make a bid and automatically wins the bidding.

The winning bidder looks at the pile of cards set aside. The six cards in this "kitty" count as the first trick for the winner. There are additional special rules associated with these: Unless the winning bid was Notrump, the winner reveals the cards in the kitty to all players.

The winner may now secretly exchange any number of cards in his hand for an equal number in the kitty.

The other players can see how many cards are being exchanged, but not which ones. Play a round of whist. Apart from the special rules determined by the winning bid, including the value of Jokers, the trick-taking portion of the game is unchanged.

The rules for this portion are detailed in the Basic Whist section. Since the winner of the bidding portion took the first trick the kitty , that player leads for the next trick.

Determine scoring. Only the team that won the bidding this round can score points, but they have the potential to lose points as well: The bid-winning team counts the number of tricks they took this round.

This includes the "kitty" set aside while dealing. It counts as one trick. If the bid-winning team succeeded in its points goal, they score points normally.

Remember that a team's first six tricks provide no points. Each additional trick is worth one point. If the bid-winning team failed to meet its goal, it loses points equal to the amount they fell short.

For instance, if the winning bid was Seven and that team only scores three points 9 tricks , that team loses four points. Play additional rounds until a predetermined score is reached.

A common system is to play until one team earns 5 points total and wins the game or -5 points total and loses.

Not Helpful 0 Helpful 7. The dealer is decided by some random assignment, such as who is dealt an ace first.

Or, in less formal settings, whoever wants to deal first can do so. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 2. If you have one, an ace! Higher cards are good, but keep low trump cards for later; they can easily be destroyed at this point.

Not Helpful 2 Helpful 4. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 3. The game of Whist is based around trumps, and the trump circulates each round.

The four suits are clubs, spades, diamonds and hearts. If the trump for a round is hearts, you have to play a heart. Show More. People also like.

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