Bid Whist Forever
The card game
that raised us.
Bid Whist has lived in family rooms, church basements, and HBCU yards for over a century. Now it has a home online — with the culture intact. Pull up a chair.
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Play
Real Bid Whist — Uptown, Downtown, No Trump, and the Bostons your uncle still brags about. Solo against smart AI now; family tables and tournaments rolling out.
Learn
Guided lessons that teach the way the family does — plain talk, real hands, no judgment. From your first bid to reading your partner like a book.
Belong
This is more than a game — it’s a gathering. Fams, kickbacks, seasonal events like the Juneteenth Invitational, and a leaderboard with your name on it.
Upcoming at the Table
All events → July 17, 2026
Fish Fry Friday
The weekly kickback. Friday nights at the fish fry table — casual games, double daily-win gems, and the best trash talk of the week.
August 15, 2026
Family Reunion Series
A summer-long series played under the pavilion. Rack up wins across the season; the leaderboard crowns the reunion champion.
June 19, 2027
Juneteenth Invitational
Our flagship freedom-day tournament. Bring your best partner energy — gem payouts for the podium and a badge that tells everybody you were there.
From the Front Porch
All posts →the-circuit · December 17, 2026
The Layover
The Circuit, Season Two. The week before Christmas, half the Circuit routes through Atlanta on purpose for the Year-End Count — a round wooden table between the A gates and the B gates, where the year's scores get settled or carried, and partners come out of Ras Jerome's hat. Two names come out together.
the-circuit · November 25, 2026
The Gratitude Table
The Circuit, Season Two begins. The night before Thanksgiving at Mother Hazel's table in Memphis, where the Circuit's unsettled business has come to eat first for thirty years — and this year Lady Rae and Smooth Eddie got the same phone call.
ask-auntie-faye · November 12, 2026
Ask Auntie Faye: Can Your Partner Correct Your Count?
You say seven, your partner says eight, and the other side says that's coaching. Faye rules on what the count is, who can speak it, and the one thing a partner can never say.
