Editing Oh hell (section)

=== Oh Pshaw ===
Oh Pshaw is an American variant recorded by ''Bicycle'', who describe it as "an amusing game" with a worldwide following. It is an ''ascending only'' (⇗) variant and the rules are as described [[#Common rules|above]] with the following additions:<ref name=Kansil>Kansil (2001), pp. 46–47.</ref>

''Bicycle'' says that 4 to 5 players are optimal. The game consists of a fixed number of deals. In the first, the dealer distributes one card to each player and turns the next for trump. In subsequent deals, the number of cards given to each player increases by one each time up to the maximum possible. So for example, if four play, there will be 13 deals. If three play, ''Bicycle'' advises limiting the game to 15 deals, rather than the theoretical maximum of 17. If no cards are left over in the last deal, the game is played at no trump.

Like oh! well, but unlike contract whist, there is no restriction on the dealer as to the number of tricks s/he may bid. However, the scorekeeper must announce whether the bid total is "over", "under" or "even" compared with the available number of tricks in the deal/number of cards each player holds.

The normal scoring scheme is that players who achieve their bid score 1 point for each trick taken plus 10 bonus points. Players who fail to achieve their bid score nothing. The player with the highest score at the end of the game is the winner. If played for [[hard score]], the winner is given a further 10 point bonus and then players settle with one another based on the difference in their scores. Scoring variations include all players receiving 1 point per trick taken whether or not they achieve their bid; those who do achieve their bid still earn a bonus of 10; and players who announce a bid of “None” may score 5 points, 10 points, or 5 points plus 1 point for each trick in the deal, depending on local rules.

====British variant====
Oh Pshaw as described by ''Bicycle'' is almost identical with another ''ascending only'' (⇗) variant that Parlett calls '''British oh hell!''' Again, the number of cards dealt ascends from one to a number dependent on the number of players. There are no trumps if all the cards are dealt and there is no restriction on the dealer's bid. Players only score for the bonus, not the tricks. In a further variation, players bid simultaneously by clenching fists on the table and, on a signal being given, extending as many fingers as they intend to bid.<ref name=Parlett2008/>

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