Talk:Bid whist

Boston Team
If team A gets the bid for 5-no Trump, but Team B makes all the books. Is this still a Boston?
 * Try asking at the Reference desk. -- &oelig; &trade; 12:41, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

History
This article could use some more expansion on the history of this game.. particularly a cite for "Derin Dickerson suggested to be the inventor of Bid Whist." -- &oelig; &trade; 12:40, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * At best this invention would be common evolution the whole article may suffer from notability issues auction whist etc. Tetron76 (talk) 20:58, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Clarify
The text needs to be broken up into more bite-sized pieces. Also the section on basic trick-taking process is after detailed discussion of bidding.

Are partners fixed at the outset, as in bridge, or decided as part of the bidding process? 112.118.173.35 (talk) 08:27, 17 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Bid whist is an intermediate stage between whist and bridge, as the article makes quite clear. Since whist and bridge both have fixed partnerships, it is implied that this is also true for bid whist. The same principle applies to trick-play. I think it would be best to shorten the article and just describe how the game differs from basic whist. Hans Adler 10:41, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

The terms used are inconsistent and not defined. The term "trick" and "book" are used interchangeably and, in my experience, they are different objects. A "trick" is the set of four cards that are played in a round of playing. A "book" is the set of six tricks that must be won before counting the tricks for the bid.

The term "cut" is not defined and is confusing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.31.93.175 (talk) 02:33, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Picture
The picture in the infobox is from a bridge variant known as Chicago. Does bid whist use a 'dummy' as depicted? If not, the picture should be replaced or removed. Newwhist (talk) 12:31, 16 November 2011 (UTC)