The rule that the bids must not add up to the number of cards dealt ensures that not everyone will succeed in their bid, but puts the dealer at a disadvantage, especially when only one card is dealt. The third player musn't say '1', because that would make the sum of the tricks 4. (Example: game with four cards, three players: The first player says '2', the next '1'.

The sum of all tricks bid must not be the same as the number of cards dealt to each player. In the games with 8 cards there is no card left to turn, and these games are played without trumps.Įvery player in order, beginning with the player to dealer's left, says how many tricks he thinks he will get. Once more there are as many deals with one card each as there are players.Įxample: With 4 players the whole game would consist of 24 deals, and the number of cards dealt each time would be as follows:ġ, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1.Īfter the cards are dealt, the next card is put face up the suit of this card is trump. Then the number of cards dealt decreases again until every player gets only one card. Then as many deals are played with 8 cards each as there are players. This continues for as many deals as there are players.Īfter this the number of cards dealt to each player increases by one with every deal until eventually all the cards are dealt, that is 8 cards each. For the first few deals each player gets only one card. The number of cards dealt to each player varies during the game. Then the turn to deal rotates clockwise after each hand. They have no value in themselves - this is a game for tricks only. The cards rank as usual: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9. Each player plays alone.įrom a standard pack use 8 cards for every player (24 for 3 players, 32 for 4 players and so on). This is a game for 3 to 6 players (best for 4 - 6). Dan Vasilesu, Paul Cretu, Toma Alexandru, Stefan Nedelcu, Constantin Marza, Andrei Georgescu, Daniel Grad, Gheorghe Tapu Howarth, Cristian-Bogdan Grigore and Dan Burzo have supplied additions and corrections.

This page was originally based on a description contributed by Werner Hintze. It is called Romanian Whist here because the name Whist is used for several different card games in other countries. The game is known in Romania simply as Whist. It is closely related to the English or American game Oh Hell!. This is a game in which players try to win exactly as many tricks as they have bid.

Card game called oh hell