Solo 66 At the start of the game, the dealer shuffles the cards and offers them to be cut, he then deals six cards to each player. The remaining two cards are placed face-down in the middle of the table as the talon. The soloist is determined through a bidding process or auction. The player who bids the highest suit as trumps wins the auction. The suits rank, from highest to lowest, in the order: Clubs , Spades , Hearts and Diamonds . In the auction the player to the left of the dealer (forehand) is the first to bid or pass.
Vanderbilt Club summary, Vanderbilt Club is: Vanderbilt distinguishes between informatory doubles and business doubles, two expressions known from auction bridge. Doubles should be informatory at the one-level; at the two-level if neither you nor your partner has previously bid; and perhaps at the three-level, depending on the player's judgment of the score and the bidding. Doubles should be made more freely in contract than in auction bridge, because the potential profit is greater. Vanderbilt does not otherwise discuss bidding in contested auctions. Vanderbilt describes three types of invitations to slam: bidding more than is needed to score game; bidding the opponents' suit;