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five hundred

In five hundred
Misère is beaten by any bid of eight or more tricks, but open misère is the highest-possible bid. Declarer leads first. (At open misère the hand is spread faceup before the opening lead.) Players must follow suit if possible; otherwise, they may play any card.…
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nap

In nap
…are two tricks, three tricks, misère (lose every trick), four tricks, nap (five tricks), wellington (five tricks for doubled stakes), and blücher (five tricks for redoubled stakes). Wellington may only follow a bid of nap and blücher a bid of wellington.
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