Your seat. Your match.

Choose uptown, downtown, or no trump. The dealer rotates South → West → North → East after each hand. Bidding starts left of the dealer and ends with the dealer. Bid once. Bid 3–7 or pass. Higher numbers win; at the same number downtown beats uptown, and no trump beats both. If everyone passes, redeal. A bid of 3 promises nine books: six plus three.

The winner takes the six-card kitty, chooses trump (or the direction for no trump), and discards six cards. The kitty counts as their team's first book. The bidder leads first, then each book winner leads next. Follow suit if possible; otherwise play any card.

Uptown ranks A, K, Q, J, 10 through 2. Downtown ordinary cards rank A, 2, 3 through K, strongest to weakest. Big Joker and Little Joker stay highest in trump. In no trump, jokers cannot win, must follow suit with normal cards when possible, and may be discarded when void. Lead a normal card if you have one; if only jokers remain, the first normal card played establishes the suit. The bidding team earns its bid if made, or loses its bid if missed. No-trump scores double, positive or negative. First team to +7 wins; a team at −7 loses. Only the bidding team scores for a hand. All-pass hands score zero and rotate the dealer. Redeal this hand restarts the current hand with the same dealer and match score.

Computer players use simple legal-card strategy. Suggestions are practice guidance, not guaranteed best moves.