That is, the dealer plays a card followed by the person to their left round the table until everyone has played one card. The cards are played out as tricks round the table where normal whist rules apply. Once trumps are chosen the player to the right of the dealer leads. This is likely to be the most numerous suit. Your strongest suit dictates your choice for trumps. On the first round everyone cuts the remaining deck and the winner-that is the person with the highest card, aces high, chooses trumps. Organise them by suits so hearts, clubs, spades and diamonds are kept together in the hand in ascending order. Knockout whist follows the rules of whist: after shuffling the deck each player gets seven cards which they hold as a hand. This is one of only a few card based games to be covered in this book.
