misère

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In card games, "misère" refers to a declaration where a player engages to lose every trick. This is a specific type of bid within games like "Five Hundred" or "Nap". In "Five Hundred," a misère bid is beaten by any bid of eight or more tricks, and an "open misère" is the highest possible bid, where the hand is played with all cards exposed. In "Nap," misère is a bid to lose every trick, with specific point values assigned to successful or failed bids.1234

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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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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
…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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…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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