A poker card game:Whist
Monday, July 23, 2007
German Whist is a very simple game. Each player is dealt thirteen cards. The remaining twenty-six cards face downwards between the players and the top card is turned face upward to denote the trump suit.
The non-dealer leads to the first trick. Thereafter the player who wins a trick leads to the next,and so on. A player must follow suite if he can. If he cannot he may either trump or discard. The winner of trick takes into his hand the exposed card from the top pf the stock: the loser takes the next card from the stock and turns up the next card of the stock.
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When the stock is exhausted, the players play out the remaining thirteen cards, and at this stage of the game the player with a good memory will know exactly which cards his opponent holds.
the game is complete in an agreed number of points per trick for all in excess of those won by his opponent. If both players win thirteen tricks, there is, of course, no score.
Although German whist is a simple game it offers good memory training for those who aspire to succeed at more advanced games, and, at the same time, gives exercise in the technique of card play.
If a poker player holds a strong trump suit he should lead his trumps early in the game so as to command the game in the later stages of the play, and if the exposed card is a trump it is always good play to make an effort to win it.
It is advisable to hold command of as many suit as possible, because it enables one to take a trick whenever the exposed card is worth winning, without losing control of the suite.
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