Big Mike Games

Bid Whist scorekeeper

Six free books, a doubling rule, and a match that can be lost from either direction. Enter the hand and this settles it, then carries the match forward.

1. Match position
2. The contract
3. Table rules

How the calculator applies the rules

  1. The contract needs six books plus the bid.
  2. Count the bidder's kitty discard as one of those books. Only twelve are played from the hands, so a count taken from the table alone is one short.
  3. A made contract scores every book above six, not merely the bid.
  4. A set contract loses the bid value.
  5. No Trump doubles the result unless you switch it off.
  6. Boston replaces that multiplier with four rather than compounding to eight.
  7. Only the bidding partnership's score changes.

Need the reasoning rather than the number? Read the complete scoring guide.