Whist - Card Game 1.9

Best Whist Game

The classic game of whist is a plain-trick game without bidding for 4 players in fixed partnerships. Each partnership consists of two players who sit facing each other. The game is played with a standard 52 card pack, where the cards in each suit rank from highest to lowest: A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2.

The player to the dealer's left leads to the first trick, and any card may be led. The other players, in clockwise order, each play a card to the trick. Players are required to follow suit by playing a card of the same suit as the card led if they can; however, a player with no card of the suit led may play any card. The trick is won by the highest trump in it, or if there are no trumps played, by the highest card of the suit led. The winner of a trick leads to the next.

After all 13 tricks have been played, the partnership that won more tricks scores 1 point for each trick they won in excess of 6. The game is won by the partnership that first reaches 7 points.