RUSSIAN BOSTON.
This is a variation of Boston de Fontainbleau. A player holding carte blanche declares it before playing, and receives ten counters from each of the other players. Carte blanche is the same thing as chicane in Bridge, no trump in the hand. But in Bridge the player is penalized for announcing it until after the hand is played.
The order of the suits is the same as in American Boston de Fontainbleau: diamonds, hearts, clubs, and spades.
When a player bids six, seven, or eight tricks, he is supposed to be still willing to take a partner, unless he specifies solo. When a partner accepts him, the combination must make four tricks more than the original proposal.
Four honours are paid for as four over-tricks; three honours as two over-tricks.
Piccolissimo is played, and comes between the bids of seven and eight tricks.