Sultans of Search

Scoring

500 Scoring

Rules

Bid by selecting both number and suit and click 'bid'

If you win a bid, double click each card to discard a kitty

Name the game which has to be equal or greater than the bid (select the bid and click 'name')

Player next to dealer starts the game

Shuffle Strat

Shuffle Strategies

Strategy	Realism	Fairness	What it does
Casino	R10	FAIR	Single Fisher-Yates pass — mathematically perfect, casino-grade.
Thorough Riffle	R9	FAIR	Seven careful GSR riffles like a competent human shuffler.
Casual Home	R7	FAIR	Three fair riffles — most home games look like this. Default.
Pile & Riffle	R6	FAIR	Deal into six piles, recombine, then one riffle.
Lazy Shuffle	R5	FAIR	Two sloppy riffles with cards dropping in clumps. Last round persists.
Napoleon's Cheat	R3	BIASED	Dealer's hand gets favored — valuable cards drift toward the dealer.
Sultan's Favor	R3	BIASED	Trailing player gets valuable cards. Self-balancing comeback.
Vizir's Spread	R2	BIASED	Cards interleaved by category — every hand gets a balanced spread.
Court Intrigue	R2	BIASED	Each seat gets nudged toward a single suit. Predictable voids.
Fate's Wheel	R2	BIASED	Extremes over-represented, mids suppressed. Boom-or-bust hands.
Mirror	R1	ENGINEERED	Top half mirrors bottom by rank. Second half is readable.
Pity Deck	R1	ENGINEERED	Trailing players get valuable cards weighted by score gap.

Trump Pick (UND only)

Strategy	Realism	What it does
Bottom of Deck	R10	After shuffle, bottom card's suit becomes trump. The classic 'cut for trump'. Default.
Random Suit	R7	Trump is chosen by picking a suit at random — independent of the shuffle.

Terms

BenchWarmer: this is a person sitting out for a round in the games with more people than allowed

Bid: spoken declaration to win a specified number of tricks

Deal: the play from the time the cards are dealt until they are re-dealt

Dealer: person who deals the cards and determines the next first player

Game: a number of deals defined by the rules of the game

Hand: what each player has after the cards are dealt or after each round

Kitty: cards dealt face down on the table and picked up by the bid winner

MainPlayer: in bid-winning games, the player who won the bid

Misere: special game in 500 where the main player tries not to take any tricks

Move: player and card combination

No-Trump: special game where the main player declares no trump suit

Opponent: the rest of the players opposing the main player and partner

Partner: the main player's teammate in bid-winning games

Rank: denomination of a card such as 2, 3, J, Q, K, A

Raspas: special game in 500 when every player says pass

Renege: failure to follow suit when required

Room/Auditorium: one shared table that can host exactly one game at a time

Round: one cycle of moves resulting in one player taking the trick

SilentPartner: in Misere, the partner sits out but shares the score

Suit: spades, clubs, diamonds, or hearts

Trick: the cards won in a single round by a single player

Trump: a suit that outranks plain-suit cards

Turn: the current player's chance to bid, deal, or play