This has the advantage of rewarding riskier bids, and making it possible for someone to catch up from behind. So, a bid of 1 is worth 11, a bid of 2 is worth 14, a bid of 3 is worth 19, a bid of 4 is worth 26, and so on. (So, zero bids are rewarded more when more cards are dealt.) (For numbers of players other than 4, the multiplier of 3 should be adjusted.) A successful bid greater than zero is worth 10 + bid*bid points. A successful bid of zero is worth 3 times the total number of tricks for that hand.

Progressive scoring: Each player who fails to make his bid scores 1 point per trick taken.

There is only a small reward for making bigger, riskier, bids. The drawback of this method is that it is sometimes too easy to make a zero bid when few cards are dealt.

Players who fail to make their bid score 1 point per trick taken. Basic scoring: Each player who makes his bid scores 10+bid.The play proceeds as in an ordinary trick-taking game. However, if five cards are dealt, and the first three bids are three, one, and two, then the dealer may bid whatever he wants. For example, if five cards are dealt, and the first three bids are two, one, and zero, then the dealer may not bid two. The dealer bids last, and cannot bid so that the sum of everyone's bids equals the number of tricks. The player to the left of the dealer bids first. On the 13th hand, there are several ways of determining the trump (see below). After each player has his hand, one undealt card is turned up to determine the trump suit. Then for the 14th through 25th hand, the number of cards dealt goes down from 12 to one. This increases by one per hand, until the 13th hand, in which everybody gets 13 cards.

On the first hand, one card is dealt to each player. Here is a specific four-player version variations are listed below.

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