Wikipedia's first sentence called it “dealt 13 cards”. Today it says “four player card game”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Israeli Whist Like normal whist , 4 players are dealt 13 cards. Each player sees his cards and decided how many tricks he might win. Each player can declare in which suit he wants to play and how many tricks he is about to win. The player declaring the highest tricks wins and the his suit is played. Each player now has to declare how many tricks he is about to win, and the game commences. Scoring: At the end of the game, the number of tricks is summed for each player. A player must win exactly the number of tricks he declared. If he succeeded, he scores the number of tricks in the power of two plus 10. If he fails, he loses 5 points for every difference between the real result and his declaration.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010 9 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Israeli Whist is a four player card game .It is a variation of the classical Whist , that evolved among Israeli IDF soldiers in the nineteen eighties, and is still popular among soldiers and travelers.In Israel, it is simply known as "whist".
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Card g Israeli Whist is a four player card game . It is a variation of the classical Whist , that evolved among Israeli IDF soldiers in the nineteen eighties, and is still popular among soldiers and travelers. In Israel, it is simply known as "whist".
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Card game Israeli Whist is a four player card game . It is a variation of the classical Whist , that evolved among Israeli IDF soldiers in the nineteen eighties, and is still popular among soldiers and travelers. In Israel, it is simply known as "whist".
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “dealt 13 cards”. Today it says “four player card game”. Read the current article and compare.
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dealt 13 cards
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four player card game
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