The best 3-handed game.

1. DEALING: To choose dealer, players draw for high card. Dealer shuffles deck and deals 4 hands of 14 cards each, as if 4 people were playing. One of these hands is therefore dealt to a dummy.

2. BIDDING: The 3 players bid for the privilege of naming the trump color as in regular game. Player at left of dealer must start with a bid of 40 or more.

High bidder always seats himself or changes places so as to sit opposite dummy, who becomes his partner for that hand. The 2 other players are his opposing partners.

3. PLAY: The player at the left of high bidder begins by leading any card he chooses. After this lead, dummy’s hand is displayed face up on the table in front of the imaginary 4th player, and arranged by color so that they may readily be seen. High bidder then plays a card from his dummy partner’s hand, and continues to play for dummy and for himself in turn, throughout that hand. When a card from dummy’s hand takes a trick, the next lead, of course, is made from dummy’s card.

4. SCORING: The score of each person is recorded. Partners in each hand score the total they have made together, as if each alone had captured all tricks. Each records identical score for that hand. High bidder is set back the amount of his bid if he fails to earn it. The pack is then redealt, and whoever becomes high bidder takes dummy as his partner for that hand. First player to reach or exceed 200 points wins the game.