The cast
Meet the Table
Every seat has a story. These are the 43 players waiting for you in the game — the same faces, the same names, the same reputations. Pick your difficulty in the app and you're choosing whose table you're sitting at.
The Old Heads
The top of the table. They've been playing longer than you've been alive, and it shows on every hand.
Table Legends
The elders. Folks lower their voice when they sit down — every card you play, they already remember.
Deacon Rowe
Fedora, suspenders, silence — then seven no-trump like a church bell
Mother Hazel
Feeds you peach cobbler first, so you feel better about what happens next
Smitty
Fifty years, one barbershop chair, and every card you played last week
Miss Odessa
Counts your books, your bids, and your excuses — in that order
Doc Freeman
Forty years of Friday nights; he's seen your hand before you have
Preach
Eighteen years of yard whist; came home with nothing but game and grace
Sharks
They count the cards, read the table, and take your books politely. Bring your best or bring cab fare.
Smooth Eddie
Never hurries; the trick just comes home to him
Ty Banks
Pressure bidder — makes you pay for every quiet hand
Marcus Cole
Quiet like a closed ledger; you find out what he had when it costs you
Lady Rae
Velvet voice, razor lead — she was on your suit two tricks ago
Nikki Spades
Named herself after the suit and keeps earning the paperwork
Simone
They call her The Auditor: every card accounted for, no extensions
Blue
Nobody's seen him without the beanie or with a bad count
Omar Wells
Ex-chess club; treats every trick like it's move nine of forty
Franklin Moss
Smiles like your favorite uncle, bids like a debt collector
Meech
Folks see the chains and bid careless — that's exactly how he likes it
Ras Jerome
Patience like an island afternoon; he'll wait the whole hand for your ace
Regulars
The everyday table — solid hands, long memories, and at least one argument per night about the recount.
Junebug
Everybody's cousin; catches a heater once a night
Reggie Carter
Rec-center steady — makes his bid, nods, deals
Big Walt
Laughs loud, bids louder, argues the recount
Cousin Dre
Pulls up late with hot wings and a hotter mouth
Auntie Faye
Runs the kitchen table like a courtroom — her rulings are final
Keisha B.
Fits a whole game between shifts and still takes your books
Bernice
Church-league veteran; prays for you, then sets you
Tasha Reid
Competitive streak a mile wide and a memory to match
Malik
Cool as the underside of the pillow; bids like it too
Denise Holloway
Runs numbers at work all day, runs them at the table all night
Quincy
Plays by feel, hums while he does it, right more than he should be
Kadeem
One half of the twins — finishes his sister's bids without looking up
Kenya
The other twin; swears she carries Kadeem and keeps the books to prove it
Front Porch
Where everybody learns. New to the table, hungry to get better, and welcome at every game.
Lil Mo
Learning at his grandmother's elbow — watch him in a few summers
PJ
First year at the big table; still apologizes when he wins
Tommy Rivers
New to whist, not to family — brings the music and takes the jokes
Zora
Says little, watches everything; future Shark, everyone knows it
Dani
Laughs off her misplays louder than anyone can clown them
Maya Lincoln
Found the game in a college dorm; came home to learn it right
Trey
Shuffles fancy, bids scared — the hands will catch up to the flash
Devon
Laughs at his own bad bids louder than the whole porch combined
Imani
Keeps score in her head and receipts on everybody
Early
Works doubles all week — Sunday whist is his day off, and he's learning fast
Think you can hang with the Legends? Pull up a chair.