Call-ace whist
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Call-ace whist is the most popular card game
in Denmark
and also popular in Greenland
.
Deck: 52 cards + 3 jokers
Deal: 13 cards to each player and 3 to a "kat" (cat)
Bidding:
Forehand
starts the bidding by naming a number of tricks he expects to be able to win with a partner or a nolo bid. He bids against the player to his left until one of them has won. The winner then bids against the next player and so on. Whoever bids the highest becomes the declarer and names a trump suit and calls an ace other than the trump suit as his partner. Declarer can exchange up to three cards from the "kat". The player with the called ace is obliged to play it as soon as its suit is led. The declarer can also name an ace from his own hand and play solo.
Bidding order:
7, 7+, 8, 8+, 9, solo-nolo, 9+, 10, pure nolo, 10+, 11, open nolo, 11+, 12, 12+, 13, 13+
The +bids are so called attachments, that qualifies the basic bid. The possible attachments are: good ones (clubs), trumpless (NT), halfes (partner chooses trump suit) and vip (tournee). There is no standard hierarchy between the attachments and each school of players has its own rules.
Nolo-bids:
Solo-nolo: Declarer plays solo at no trumps and are allowed to win 1 trick.
Pure Nolo: Declarer plays solo at no trumps and are not allowed to win any tricks.
Open nolo: As pure nolo, but after the first lead declarer puts his cards face up on the table.
Play:
As in all whist games
Card game
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games...
in Denmark
Denmark
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and also popular in Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
.
Deck: 52 cards + 3 jokers
Deal: 13 cards to each player and 3 to a "kat" (cat)
Bidding:
Forehand
Forehand
The forehand in tennis and other racket sports such as table tennis, squash and badminton is a shot made by swinging the racquet across one's body in the direction of where the player wants to place the shot...
starts the bidding by naming a number of tricks he expects to be able to win with a partner or a nolo bid. He bids against the player to his left until one of them has won. The winner then bids against the next player and so on. Whoever bids the highest becomes the declarer and names a trump suit and calls an ace other than the trump suit as his partner. Declarer can exchange up to three cards from the "kat". The player with the called ace is obliged to play it as soon as its suit is led. The declarer can also name an ace from his own hand and play solo.
Bidding order:
7, 7+, 8, 8+, 9, solo-nolo, 9+, 10, pure nolo, 10+, 11, open nolo, 11+, 12, 12+, 13, 13+
The +bids are so called attachments, that qualifies the basic bid. The possible attachments are: good ones (clubs), trumpless (NT), halfes (partner chooses trump suit) and vip (tournee). There is no standard hierarchy between the attachments and each school of players has its own rules.
Nolo-bids:
Solo-nolo: Declarer plays solo at no trumps and are allowed to win 1 trick.
Pure Nolo: Declarer plays solo at no trumps and are not allowed to win any tricks.
Open nolo: As pure nolo, but after the first lead declarer puts his cards face up on the table.
Play:
As in all whist games