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What must a player win to succeed in a slam bid in solo whist?
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Men playing whist, watercolour on paper by Mary Ellen Best, c. mid-19th century; in the York Art Gallery, England.
In the card game solo whist, a player who makes a slam bid must win all 13 tricks. Unlike other bids in the game, a slam is played at no trump, and the bidder has the advantage of leading to the first trick.1