A successful nil bid is worth 100 points (in addition to the points that player’s partner gained/lost), and an unsuccessful nil attempt loses 100 points. If your team bid a total of 6 and only took 5, you lose 60 points. If you fail to meet the bid, you lose 10 points for each trick bid, regardless of how many tricks you ended up taking. Any extra tricks score one point each and are called “sandbags” or “bags.” For example, if you bid 5 and your partner bid 2, and you won 8 tricks in total, your team would score 71 points: 10 points for each of the 7 bids (10*7=70) plus 1 for the sandbag. (To make this easier, make sure to separate each trick you win in some way.) If your bid was met, your team scores ten points per trick bid. Each partnership counts the number of tricks they won and sees if their bid was met. When the hand is over, it’s time to score. (Your partner will try to reach their own bid, as usual.) This is a high-risk, high-reward play: if you successfully avoid any tricks, you’ll score a lot of points, but if you take even one, your team will find itself in a substantial hole. If your hand seems quite weak and unlikely to win a trick, you can bid “Nil.” This is simply a bid that you, personally, will win zero tricks. You are trying to win that many tricks together, so you can come up short on your personal bid as long as your partner picks up the slack or vice versa. Your bid will be added to your partner’s bid.Remember, there are only 13 tricks total that can be taken! If the numbers aren’t adding up, someone is probably making a mistake. ![]()
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