Lastly, the scoring of the game is handled differently from regular Whist.

They add these cards to their hand and discard an equal number face down, which technically form the first trick taken of their bid.

In some variations, a bid which indicates that there will be a trump suit, and that higher-ranking cards will win, can also be bettered by bidding the same number of books and indicating that there will be a trump suit, and that lower-ranking cards will win.

The winning bidder's indication regarding either having no trump suit, or the ranking of cards is granted for the duration of the hand.

That player and their partner are now committed to taking at least the number of books indicated in the bid.

If the winning bid indicated a desire for no trump suit, then prior to the beginning of game play, the winning bidder must now indicate whether high-ranking or low-ranking cards will be victorious during that hand.

In high-winning hands, an ace serves as the highest card of its suit (better than a king).

In low-ranking hands, an ace serves as the lowest card of its suit (under the 2).

In other variations, the kitty is not sported, and only the winning bidder sees what cards they are.

Many people do not like to play the latter way, because it gives an indication of what suit the bid-taker has discarded.

When a trick is completed, i.e., four cards played, a member of the side which won the trick takes the four cards, turns them face down, and places them in front of him in a row.

It is very common for a player to indicate to his partner in what suit he has a winner other than trump.

For example, trumps are hearts and it's an uptown (high cards win) hand.

Once trumps are pulled from the opponents, the bidding player will begin playing his offsuit.

For example: trumps are spades and the bid is uptown, high cards winning.

Instead of pulling trumps from his opponents, the player plays his ace of diamonds.

The bidding player should have first pulled trumps and then played his offsuit, the diamonds.

That is, the opposing team will see what suit, other than trump, is in the bidding player's hand.

At the end of each hand, the books that the team that won the bid are counted.

There are 13 altogether, corresponding to the 12 cards played by each player plus the kitty (if one is used), which counts as a book won by the bidder's team.

This may be to speed up the game, as people can go on for hours going up and down before achieving seven positive (winning) or negative points (losing).

You can also speed up the game by "going out the back door" i.e. the losing bid (points) goes to the opponent.

Since players do not need to communicate with a partner, there is no need to indicate uptown or downtown with their bid.

That player is then solely responsible to take at least the number of tricks bid.

At the conclusion of the hand, each player, including the winner of the bid, scores 1 point, individually, for each trick taken.