Thousand for Four — Rules of the 4-Player Game

With four players, only three play each deal: the dealer sits out. The dealer gives the other three 7 cards each and 3 cards to the kitty (musik in Polish), and they play exactly as in the rules for 3 players. The deal passes on, so everyone sits out every fourth deal.

At a glance

• 4 players, but three take part in a deal.
• The dealer sits out — deals 7 cards each to the other three and 3 cards to the kitty.
• The deal passes on clockwise.
• Everyone sits out every fourth deal.

Who sits out, who starts

The forced 100 always belongs to the player to the dealer’s left.

Deal, bidding and play

Among the three players everything goes exactly as with three: bidding from 100, the kitty, passing one card each, 8 tricks, marriages and scoring after the deal.

Points for the player sitting out

The score sheet with four players

The sheet has four columns. In the row of a deal, the player sitting out has 0 or the points for a marriage from the kitty. An example of the first deal (Ann deals, Ben wins the bidding and makes 120):

Scoring rules: scoring.

Other four-player variants