500 (card game) 500 (card game) 500 or five hundred, also called bid euchre, is a trick-taking game that is an extension of euchre with some ideas from bridge. For two to six players, it is most commonly played by four players in partnerships, but is sometimes recommended as a good three-player game. It arose in America before 1900 and was promoted by the United States Playing Card Company, which copyrighted and marketed the rules in 1904. 500 is a social card game and was highly popular in the United States until around 1920 when first auction bridge and then contract bridge drove
Card Players in a Rich Interior Card Players in a Rich Interior Card Players in a Rich Interior is a c. 1663 – 1665 oil on canvas painting by Pieter de Hooch, produced at the start of his time in Amsterdam and signed "P. D. HOOCH". It is now in the Louvre, whose collections it entered in 1801. It reworks a theme used in earlier works by the artist such as "Soldiers Playing Cards" (1657–1658; private collection) and "Card Players in a Bright Interior" (1658; Windsor Castle, Royal Collection) He also returned to the theme in the later "Card Players at a Table" (1670–1674; private collection).