Bid Whist

Seven Key Differences Between Spades and Bid Whist We have discussed the common principles that Spades and Bid Whist share (Part 1) and highlighted some of the reasons why Bid Whist is particularly fast-paced (Part 2). Now, let’s get to the main event and address the most critical specific ways in which Bid Whist differs […]

THE URGENCY OF THE BID WHIST RACE As an accomplished Spades player, you have no doubt experienced a situation during which you and your partner stretched to make an ambitious bid but got set. Having fallen behind on the scoreboard, you had to try to make up ground by resorting to risky, exotic gambits like “going […]

You enjoy a fun, spirited game of Spades as much as the next person. You appreciate the competition and the camaraderie. You like working with your partner to analyze how many tricks (or “books”) you should win, then executing during the play of the hand to win at least that many, even as you prevent […]

Bid Whist has been the card game of choice of iconic, transformational figures like Justice Thurgood Marshall, Magic Johnson, and President Barack Obama, as well as myriad other strivers and achievers. It is one of the world’s most swift, complex and fun card games, and it is poised to become America’s Next Great Card Game. Bid […]