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Then the player on the left starts by bidding. Each player bids how many books they can take. The dealer must make a bid that does not equal to the number of cards dealt.
Example: Each player gets 10 cards. The next card is flipped. (3 of Hearts) Hearts is now trump for the round. Bids: P1-2 P2-2 P3-4 P4-0 Dealer is not allowed to bid 2 because that woud equal 10 bids for 10 cards. Dealer is forced to bid 0, 1, 3-up. Score keeper keeps track of who made it and who 'popped'.
You must make your bid. If you go over or under your bid, you popped. Trumps do not have to be broken to be played. Player 1 can play any cards he/she wants. But Spades rule does apply. Players are allowed to trump in or play off if they don't have cards of that suit. Once the round is done, deal goes over to the left and the new dealer deals out 9 cards and bidding starts over.
Just as the first round, the dealer cannot make a bid that equals 9. After each round, the dealer passes to the left and the card count goes down 1. So the next round would have 8 cards followed by 7 and so on.