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{{Infobox card game
| title = Australian Whist
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| image_link = [[File:Scoring_sheet_for_Australian_Whist.jpg|200px]]
| image_caption = Example scoring sheet
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=== Game play - bidding ===

The player to the left of the dealer makes a bid of how many tricks they expect to win. This is recorded by the scorer.   

Each player bids in turn, clockwise, but the last player to bid '''cannot''' bid a number whereby the total number of tricks bid will equal the number of tricks in the round.   
For example, in a round of 4 cards with 4 players
, the bidding might be – Player 1 bids 1 trick, Player 2 bids 1 trick and Player 3 bids 0 tricks. The total number of tricks bid so far is 2 thus preventing the fourth player bidding 2 tricks - but they could bid 0, 1, 3 or 4 tricks. Consequently, rounds may be under- or over-bid.

=== Game play - playing ===

Play commences with the player to the left of the dealer, who lays a card from their hand. Each player plays in turn, clockwise. Players must follow the suit laid by the first player of each hand. If this is not possible a player may choose to lay any card.

Tricks are won in the same way as in standard whist, namely by the player who lays the highest card (either the highest card of the suit led or the highest trump). A trump card '''cannot''' be led at the start of a new trick unless that player has no other choice or a trump card has been played previously during the round.

On winning a trick play passes to that player who then leads a card from their hand. The round ends when all cards have been played and tricks won.

At any point in the game, it is permissible (and a requirement) for a player to complain to another player regarding any card laid which may be considered not to be to the benefit of the other player.

=== Game play - scoring ===

* A player who has won the exact number of tricks than they bid is awarded 10 points plus 2 points for each trick won
* A player who has won more or less tricks than they bid is awarded zero points
* These rules apply to every round apart from the Misère special round (see below), where 2 points are deducted for each trick won but if a player wins no tricks they score 10 points

The running total of individual scores are recorded in the ‘Score’ columns on the scoring sheet. After scoring is complete the next round can begin.

(Note that this scoring is known as Simplified / Montreal progressive scoring in the [[Oh Hell]] whist game.)

=== The special rounds ===

When ten cards are dealt to each player a series of five special rounds take place :

# The first special round is played as normal
# The second special round is played with no trump suit
# The third special round is bid unseen – each player must bid before they receive and before they look at their cards. This round has a pre-determined trump suit
# The fourth special round is ‘Misère’ and has no trump suit. There is no bidding because the purpose of this round is to win no tricks at all 
# The fifth special round is played as normal

== Completion of the Game ==

At the end of the game, the player with the highest score is declared the winner and final positions recorded in the boxes at the bottom of each score column on the scoring sheet.

=== Variations on player numbers ===

It is possible to play with more than five players, but due to the limit of 52 cards in a pack the number of cards in the special rounds is limited to 8 cards for 6 players and 7 cards for 7 players. 

It is also possible to play with 2 or 3 players, but the game is not as enjoyable as with 4 or more players.

== References ==

Australian Whist is similar to [[Romanian whist]] and [[Serbian whist]] but with different scoring rules. These are all variations on the whist game [[Oh Hell]].
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== Australian Whist Game - for review ==