2024-09-27 00:00:00 400 Arba3meyeh (four hundred) is an Arabic trick-taking multiplayer card game played in two partnerships, with trumps and bidding. Played in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq. Also known as forty-one (41). The first team to accumulate 41 points or more wins; points are acquired by winning at least the number of tricks bid in each hand, where each trick bid is worth one point. Cards rank: A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. Each player decides how much to bid (minimum is 2), and no player may pass. Hearts are always trump. The total sum of all 4 bids needs to be at least 11, if not, cards will be dealt again. If a player’s score is 30-39 his minimum bid becomes 3, and the total will be 12; if the score is 40-49 his minimum bid becomes 4, the total number of bids must equal 13, and so on. Each bid is independent of the partner’s bid in a hand.