Editing 500 (card game) (section)

===Non-standard bids===
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* ''J5'' is a special version of no-trump where a jack replaces the ace as the highest card of its respective suit, keeping the rules in line with a suited game. The joker remains the only trump card, and the normal agreed-upon rules of its use still apply. In a J5 game there is no lower bower (e.g., the jack of diamonds is not considered a heart and so on). Other cards follow their typical hierarchy.
* ''Blind Misère'' is the same as misère except the bid must be called before the player views their cards.
* ''Double nullo'' is an American variant in which both players of the bidding team play and must not win any tricks. This is also called ''Grand nullo'', which is often corrupted to ''Granola''. Double nullo may be called by one partner even if the other partner passes. In this instance the player who calls nullo draws in their partner and both must play and not take any tricks. The person who calls double nullo picks up the kitty and gives the five cards they want to discard to their partner. Their partner then must take those five cards and pick the ones they want to keep and discard the rest.
* ''Grand nullo'' is sometimes played as a different bid from ''Double nullo'', in which case it is identical to normal nullo except for the bidder does not get access to the kitty. 
* ''Shields Double'' is a variant of ''Double nullo'' where one partner of the bidding team plays their hand open (after the initial trick).
* ''Patastrophe'' is an ''Open Misère'' where both partners on the bidding team play, with both calling partners playing their hand open (after the first trick). ''Patastrophe'' is worth 1000 points.
* The ''Wilkinson'' version of Misère is agreed to before the outset of the game, and is bid as such: 'closed misère' can be bid any time (even as a first bid) but is played open, and 'open misère' may also be bid likewise but is played open and without the kitty.
* ''Hi/Lo'' or ''5 and 5'' bid means one player intends to win 5 tricks and lose 5 tricks in the hand. The game is typically worth 350 points, and therefore outbids a 9{{spades}} or 9{{clubs}} bid, but not a 9{{diamonds}} or 9{{hearts}}. The game play is similar to a ''No-trump'' game in that the Joker is the only trump card and may only be used if the player cannot otherwise follow suit. When a ''Hi/Lo'' call is made the bidder's partner folds their cards and does not participate in the hand. This is also called ''Even Stevens'' in Australia.
* ''Ralphing'' is when a person that bids gets set by more than 3 tricks (that is a person wins the bid with 9{{hearts}} but only takes 6, or bids ''Nullo'' and takes 3 or more tricks). In the event that a person is ''Ralphed'', they are not allowed to bid in the next hand. The name comes from a person that would repeatedly over-bid and lose dreadfully each time. The rule was instituted so others would be allowed to win bids.
* ''Slam'': [[John McLeod (card game researcher)|John McLeod]] claims there exists a variation in which the declarer, after picking up the kitty, may call for a slam hand. The partner of the player who calls for a slam passes a single card to their partner then folds their hand and does not play.<ref name = Pagat/> The contractor who called for the slam hand must discard until they have only 10 cards remaining before starting play. The contractor must then win all ten tricks. It is worth 500 if there are trumps and 520 in no trump.<ref name = Pagat/>