So if a Heart is led, you may be forced to follow with the Jack of Diamonds, and if a Diamond is led, you cannot play the Jack if you have other Diamonds in your hand. The confusing part is that the Left Bower is considered to be of the trump suit rather than its printed suit-which affects what cards you can play when following the suit led! For example, if Hearts is trump, then the Jack of Diamonds is the Left Bower and is considered to be a Heart, not a Diamond. It then proceeds normally: Ace-King-Queen-Ten-Nine. Additionally, the Jack of the same color suit (known as "next") is "re-suited" to be trump and is called the Left Bower and is the second highest card. Whichever suit is chosen as trump, the Ace is no longer the high card, rather the Jack of that suit is considered the high card and is called the Right Bower. The final often confusing point in Euchre relates to the Bowers. If you go alone and get set the defenders still only get 2 points you do not get 4 points for a Euchre. This is known as "setting" or "getting Euchred."
If the defenders get 3 or more tricks, 2 points are awarded. If the makers get 3 or 4 tricks together or alone, 1 point is awarded. If the makers get 5 tricks together, 2 points are awarded. If the makers get 5 tricks alone, 4 points are awarded. Whichever team chooses trump is known as the "makers" and the other team is known as the "defenders." Finally, whenever a player chooses trump, he or she may optionally go after the hand alone, meaning the partner does not play any cards. If the bidding gets around to the dealer a second time, he or she must choose trump and is not allowed to pass. For example, if the upcard was the King of Hearts, then Hearts may no longer be chosen as trump. If all 4 players pass, the upcard is left in the kitty, and it starts again with players being able to choose any other suit as trump, or passing. One confusing point for beginners is that the dealer always picks up the upcard, not the player who "orders it up." Starting with the player to the left of the dealer, each player has a choice to "order it up" or pass. After dealing, the top card of the kitty is revealed and is called the "upcard." At first, the players are deciding whether or not to have the dealer pick up the upcard (and discard a different card) and make that suit trump. This process is sometimes referred to as "bidding," since other similar games have a more-involved process that actually involves bidding. Whichever team takes the majority of tricks earns points for the hand, either 1, 2, or 4 points, depending on the circumstances.Īfter dealing but before each hand is played, the players go through a process to determine which suit will be trump. Since each player is dealt 5 cards, each hand of Euchre features 5 tricks. Whoever wins the trick gets to lead the next trick. In this case, if a player has no cards of the suit led and plays any card from the chosen trump suit, then the highest trump card played wins the trick rather than the highest card of the suit led. Euchre is also a trump-based game, meaning that one suit is chosen to be "trump" and beats all of the others. A trick is "won" by the highest card of the suit that was led, with one exception. 
However, if a player has no cards of the suit led, he or she may play any card in his or her hand.
In trick-based games, one player leads (i.e., plays the first card), and proceeding to the left, each subsequent player must play a card of the same suit as the one led. These 4 cards are referred to as the "kitty."Įuchre is one of many "trick"-based games. Each hand, each player is dealt 5 cards, meaning that 4 cards are out of play. Two teams of two players each face off, playing cards alternately (players from the same team sit across from each other), trying to get to 10 points first.
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How to Play/Rules of Game Įuchre is played with 24 cards, 9 through Ace of each suit.
8.7 Calculating Probabilities to Determine Strategy. 7.2.3 Getting the Lead Back and Following Suit. 
7.2 Winners, Losers, Voids, Leading, Trumping in and Pulling Trump.6 Seating Assignments and Abbreviations Used.
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