If they can, they must place a card of the same suit as the lead card. The first card placed in any trick is called the lead card. It may be any suit, including the trump suit.
The first person who bid begins by placing a card into the center of the table.Players must make a bid, even if that bid is zero. Bids are a prediction as to how many tricks that player thinks they can take in the round. Starting with the next number player and proceeding in a sequence, each person places a bid.Trump suits beat any of the other suits, regardless of their rank. This card's suit becomes the trump suit for the hand. 3, 4, or 5 players: 10 cards in the first hand.The size of the first hand depends on the number of players in the game: Anywhere between 3-7 players may play, though 4-6 players are recommended. Oh Hell! is played with one deck of 52 standard cards (no Jokers).Huge points bonuses are awarded to players who accurately predict their number of winning tricks.Players can employ a surprising amount of strategy in each trick round by listening to other bids and purposefully laying down cards that cause other players to lose.The goal of Oh Hell! is for a player to estimate how many tricks they'll take with each hand, then try to win precisely that number of tricks.
