![]() ![]() If, at the end of a hand, a player has managed to take all 26 points (13 hearts and the Queen of Spades), that player does not get 26 points. ![]() Points are bad, yes…unless you manage to take all of them. This is the rule that really spices things up. ![]() Much like in the game of golf, the object is to keep your score as low as possible. Don’t rejoice at your points though, because unlike other trick taking games, in the game of Hearts…taking points is bad. Once the hand is over, and all tricks have been won, players receive 1 point for every heart they have taken, and an additional 13 points if they happen to have taken the Queen of Spades. Play continues until all cards have been played. Play continues in this fashion, with the winner of each trick starting the next, however…a player may not lead off a trick by playing a heart until hearts have been played (or “broken”) on another trick (meaning a player had none of the suit that was led, and played a heart card instead). When each player has played a card, the player who played the highest card in the suit that was led, wins the trick, and then starts the next trick by playing a card from their hand. The exception to this rule is that no “point” cards may be played on the first trick (see “scoring” below for the point cards). Players must follow suit, unless they are out (or “void”) of that particular suit, in which case they may play whatever they like. Play then proceeds to the left with each player playing one card from their hand. Play starts with the player holding the 2 of clubs, who places it, face up on the table. The order of passing then starts over again for subsequent deals. On the fourth deal, players hold their cards and pass nothing at all. On the third deal, each player passes 3 cards to the player sitting across from them. On the second deal, each player passes 3 cards to the right. The order of passing is as follows: on the first deal, each player passes 3 cards to the left. Once all cards have been dealt, each player chooses 3 cards to pass to one of their opponents (they can be any 3 cards). One of the things that make this game so unique is the ability to “adjust” your hand (and your opponent’s hand) by passing a few cards before the start of play. Each player should have 13 cards to start. Cards rank from 2 – A (low to high).Ĭards are dealt clockwise one at a time until every card is dealt. Since this version is the most popular by far (and certainly one of the most fun), this is the game described below.Ĥ (the game can be played with 3, but a single card, usually the 2 of clubs, must be discarded first to give each player an equal number of cards in their hand).Ī standard deck of 52 playing cards, jokers removed. The Queen of Spades being worth 13 points is the only notable difference. The game most of us know as “Hearts” is actually a variation known as “Black Lady” (referring to the Queen of Spades). ![]()
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