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- ***** EUCHRE *****
-
- RULES OF THE GAME
-
- Euchre is a card game played with only the 9 through Ace.
- It is played with 4 players with opposite players being
- partners. After bidding for trump, each player takes turns
- playing cards with the object being to take as many tricks
- as possible.
-
- Bidding - The dealer gives 5 cards to each player (4 cards remain).
- The next remaining card is then turned over (the flipped card).
- Players take turns bidding starting with the player to the left
- of the dealer and continuing to the left. A player may either
- bid a suit, or pass. In the first round of bidding, the only
- suit that can be bid is the suit of the flipped card. If
- everyone passes then the flipped card is turned upside down and
- players go through another round of bidding. In the second
- round, any suit may be bid except the suit of the flipped card.
- If no suit is bid after the second round, the hand is thrown
- in the the player to the left of the present dealer deals the
- next hand.
-
- If a player makes a bid, they have the option of going alone.
- This means that the bidder's partner puts his cards down and
- sits out the hand. A team can get more points by going alone
- (see scoring).
-
- If a bid is made in the first round, using the flipped card
- suit, then the dealer picks up the flipped card and discards
- any card he chooses (presumably a loser). This does not happen
- if a bid is not made until the second round.
-
- Playing - The player to the left of the dealer leads the first trick
- and is followed by the player to his left until everybody has
- played 1 card. The person with the highest card wins the trick
- and leads the next one. If a following player has a card of the
- same suit as the lead card, then that player must follow suit.
- If he can't follow suit, then he can play any card.
-
- When determining the winner of a trick, a trump card beats
- any other suit. If no trump cards are played then the highest
- card in the suit played by the leader wins the trick. A non-
- trump card in a different suit then the lead suit cannot win
- the trick.
-
- Bowers - The highest card in the trump suit is the jack (called
- the Right Bower) followed by the jack of the other suit of the
- same color (called the Left Bower) and then followed by the Ace,
- King, Queen, Ten, and Nine. For example, if Hearts are trump
- then the highest trump cards are the Jack of Hearts, the Jack
- of Diamonds, the Ace of Hearts, King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts,
- Ten of Hearts, and Nine of Hearts. The left bower is considered
- a trump card when following suit. So if Hearts is trump then
- if a heart is led, a player can follow suit with the Jack of
- Diamonds, but if diamonds is led, then a player cannot follow
- with the Jack of Diamonds unless he has no diamonds in his hand.
- In all other suits, the Ace is the highest card and the normal
- order is followed, eg. Ace, King, Queen, Jack (except Left Bower),
- Ten, and Nine.
-
- Scoring -
-
- BID # OF TRICKS TAKEN POINTS
- (OUT OF 5 POSSIBLE)
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- NORMAL 1 OR 2 2 FOR OPPONENTS (EUCHRE)
- NORMAL 3 OR 4 1 FOR BIDDERS
- NORMAL 5 2 FOR BIDDERS
- ALONE 1 OR 2 4 FOR OPPONENTS (EUCHRE)
- ALONE 3 OR 4 1 FOR BIDDERS
- ALONE 5 4 FOR BIDDERS
-
- The game is won when 1 team gets 10 points.