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The variety of card games means that you can find one to suit most any situation — at the least, most card players are familiar with some type of Poker, though they may need to be reminded of how the hands are ranked. You can play some card games as long as all the players are happy to continue; others end at a proscribed score, and all are made more enjoyable when players adhere to card-game etiquette.
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Anyone who tells you that they know the best card games is either a fool or exceptionally arrogant. But, it is possible to offer a selection according to the needs of the players, so here goes!
If you take from the discard pile, you must take all of the cards in the discard pile. At the end of your turn, you must discard one card. Players must start with their Hand pile while their Foot pile is laid face down. Once the play all of the cards in their Hand pile, players move to their foot pile. To play, click on up to four of the cards in your hand, then select a card value from the drop-down menu. On the first turn of the game (and when someone has been accused of cheating on the turn before yours), you will be able to select any value from the drop-down. Rummy is a family of card games, but the rules here are for the most basic of the rummy games and a good introduction to the concept for the entire family. It's a popular card game that's fun for all ages. It's perfect for two to six players. All you need to play is a deck of cards. A classic card game 'Cheat' for iPhone / iPad. It is also called 'I doubt it' or 'B.t', and some other names. This application is designed suitable for iPhone / iPad. 4 players(you and 3 computers) compete in this application. This application adopts some special rules. Enjoy the exciting card game of 'Cheat.
Best cards games based on a specific number of players
For one player: Accordion and Poker Patience if you’re short on space; La Belle Lucie if you can spread out
For two players: Gin Rummy, Spite and Malice, and Cribbage
For three players: Pinochle and Ninety-nine
For four players: Bridge, Euchre, and Spades
For five to eight players: Hearts, Poker, and Oh, Hell!
For eight or more: Eights and President
Best cards games based on type of play
Best games for serious, competitive types: Whist and Bridge
Best games if you’re playing in a cramped space: Hearts and Eights
Best games for large groups: Poker and Blackjack
Best games that combine bidding and play: Pinochle and Spades
Best partnership games: Bridge, Whist, and Euchre
Best cards games based on experience
For beginners: Oh Hell! and Ninety-Nine
For children: Go Fish, Concentration, and Cheat
For groups with mixed experience levels: Knock-Out Whist, Fan Tan, and Rummy
For experienced card-players who want new thrills: Pinochle and Cribbage
How Card Games End
Beginning a card game is generally pretty straightforward — you deal the proscribed number of cards to the players. However, ending a card game can be a little different. Some games continue until a player reaches a certain score, others require a specific number of deals. The following list of popular card games tells you that you keep playing until . . .
Blackjack: The players run out of money (don’t worry about the casino) or decide they’ve had enough.
Bridge: One side wins a rubber of two games, then the side with the higher score wins. If playing Chicago Bridge, you change partners after four deals. If playing Duplicate Bridge, you play a session of between 20 and 26 deals — whatever the Tournament Director decrees.
Canasta: A player or team scores 1,500 points.
Cribbage: A player scores 121 points.
Eights: A player scores 250 points (or whatever number is agreed on by the players).
Euchre: One side scores 10 points.
Fan Tan: One player cleans out all the rest, or when everybody has had enough.
Gin Rummy: A player scores 250 points in one game or a series of games.
Hand and Foot: You finish four deals. Whoever has the most points wins.
Hearts: A player amasses 100 penalty points, at which point the player with the fewest penalty points wins.
Oh Hell!: You complete cycle of hands (starting with 7 cards to each player, and then reducing to 1, and going up again to 7 cards). The player with the highest score wins.
Pinochle: A player or partnership scores 1,000 points.
Poker: The players lose their money or lose interest.
President: Everybody gets bored of humiliating one another.
Rummy: A player scores 100 points – or whatever total is agreed by the contestants.
Setback: A player scores 11 (or 21) points.
Spades: One side scores 500 points.
Whist: One side wins a rubber of two games by getting to 7 points first on two occasions. At a Whist drive, a session typically ends after 24 deals.
How to Rank Poker Hands
Poker may be the best-known card game, and if you’re going to play, you need to know how the hands rank. The following details the various Poker hands from the highest-ranking to lowest, along with the odds of catching such a hand:
Royal straight flush: The top five cards (A-K-Q-J-10) in one of the four suits. Odds: 650,000 to 1.
Straight flush: Any sequence of five cards from the same suit (such as the 2-3-4-5-6 of clubs). If two players have straight flushes on the same hand, the higher sequence outranks the lower one. Odds: 75,000 to 1.
Four of a kind: Four of any one card; the fifth card in the hand can be anything. If two players have four of a kind at the same time, the rank of the four cards determines the better hand. If two players have equal ranked quads, the rank of the fifth card determines who wins. Odds: 4,150 to 1.
Full house: Three of a kind matched with a pair — for example, three 10s and two 9s. If two players both have a full house, the higher three of a kind determines the better hand. Odds: 700 to 1.
Flush: Five cards of the same suit, no sequence required. When two players have flushes, the highest card in each flush determines the better hand; if the top cards are the same, you look at the second card, and so on. Odds: 500 to 1.
Straight: Five cards of consecutive rank (in numerical sequence) in any suit. If two players have straights, the top card of the straight determines the winner. Odds: 250 to 1.
Three of a kind: Also knows as triplets, trips, or a set, this hand consists of three cards of the same numeric value, together with two unmatched cards. The higher-ranking three of a kind wins. Odds: 47 to 1.
Two pair: Four cards in two pairs with an unmatched fifth card. Ties are broken by the value of the top pair, followed by the value of the second pair, and finally by the spare card. Odds: 20 to 1.
One pair: One pair with three unmatched cards is the second-lowest hand. The rank of the pair, followed by the unmatched cards, splits the tie. Odds: 2 to 5.
High card: The weakest hand, high card means you have five unmatched cards. The top card in the hand determines the better collection. If two hands tie, such as two hands with ace-high, you move to the second card, and so on. Odds: 1 to 1.
Card Game Do’s and Don’ts
Card games are meant to be fun and entertaining and paying attention to the do’s and don’ts of card-playing can help you keep your enjoyment factor high and your frustration level low.
Card-playing do’s include:
Determine the rules of the game before play begins. Most games have several variations, and you need to iron out the rules before you start.
Shuffle the cards before each hand. Cut the cards, or arrange for someone else to do so, before dealing them.
Make sure that no one can see your cards, both during the deal and during play.
Avoid conversation that gives away information, or if the sole purpose of your remarks is to upset, irritate, or mislead your partner or opponents. (At Poker, though, you can get away with almost anything!)
Try to remember all the cards that you held at the start of play and recall the salient details of the cards played by the other players.
Listen to your partner’s bids and watch his plays. He wants to help you, so don’t ignore him.
Play each card in the same tempo. The speed of your play can emphasize how you feel about your cards.
Study your opponents’ actions at the table. If the game involves bluffing, try to read body language during bluffs. If you can, try to watch a group of players before joining them; you can read their behavior better when you’re not tied to one position at the table and you don’t have to worry about a hand.
Only try to bluff only one or two players at a time. If you’re bluffing against three or more players, the odds are that one of them can beat whatever bluff you’re pretending to hold.
Card-playing don’ts include:
Make any undue efforts to look at anyone else’s hand, both during the deal and during play.
Pick up your cards until the deal is finished.
Indicate whether you’re pleased or unhappy about the cards you’re dealt. In an individual game, you give your opponents unnecessary information about your hand. In a partnership game, you give your partner illegal information about your holdings.
Accidentally expose any cards while dealing, either by turning a card over or by distributing them in such a way that players can see them.
Accidentally drop a card on the table (as opposed to playing it). If you do so in an individual game, your opponent benefits from the sight of part of your hand, which is punishment enough for the error. In a partnership game, exposing a card gives your partner unauthorized information, which may lead to penalties.
Play or lead out of turn. Pay attention to the game so you don’t get caught in this embarrassing position.
Criticize your partner. It never accomplishes anything positive. Don’t dwell on what has passed; the cards have no memory.
Introduction
Smear is game of the All Fours group, similar to Pitch or Setback. It is played in several versions in Minnesota and Winsconsin, USA, and in Ontario, Canada. It is known in some places as Schmier. It seems likely that the name is related to the German word schmieren, which is used in point-trick games such as Skat for the technique of discarding a high-value card on a trick which your partner is winning. The name might perhaps also be connected to 'smudge', which is the highest bid in some forms of Pitch.
In comparison to normal Pitch, these are the main differences - not all of which apply to all the versions of Smear:
- One or more jokers may be added to the deck; these rank as lowest trumps, and are worth a point to the side that takes them.
- The point for low is always for the holder of the lowest trump (apart from a joker), not the winner of the trick which contains it.
- The other jack of the same colour as the trump suit is sometimes counted an extra trump ranking immediately below the normal jack of trumps, and scoring a point to the side that takes it. This extra jack is called the jick or the left bower, as in Euchre.
- After the bidding, either the bidder or all the players may be allowed to discard cards to improve their hands. This ensures that most or all of the good cards are in play.
On this page four versions of the game are described: two from Minnesota (Schmier and Smear), Smear from Wisconsin and Smear from Fort Frances, Ontario.
Schmier - St Paul, Minnesota Version
This version was contributed by Ben Butzer, who calls the game Schmier. According to his family tradition, they brought it from Austria-Hungary many years ago, but this seems unlikely to be the case; games of the All Fours group are thought to be English in origin, and to have spread through the English speaking countries. If anyone knows of any evidence for games of the All Fours group ever having been played in Central Europe, please let me know.
Deck
The standard 52 card deck plus 1 joker is used.
Rankings
In the Trump suit: A, K, Q, J of Trump (called right bauer), J of same colour (called left bauer), 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, Joker.
In the off (non-trump) suits: A, K, Q, (J), 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2
Object
Scoring is based on bringing cards home and is calculated somewhat like in Auction Pitch. There are a total of 6 points per hand:
- Highest trump for bringing home the ace of trumps
- Lowest trump for the player who plays the two of trumps (even though this is not in fact the lowest trump)
- Right Bower for winning a trick containing the jack of the trump suit
- Left Bower for winning a trick containing the other jack of the same colour as the trump suit
- Joker for winning a trick containing the joker
- Game calculated as in auction pitch. That is, each card has a value, and each team counts the total value of the cards in the tricks they have taken. The side with the greater total wins the game point (not awarded in case of a tie). There are 81 card points in total. the card values are:
- Each Ace - 4 points
- Each King - 3 points
- Each Queen - 2 points
- Each Jack - 1 point
- Each Ten - 10 points (important for game)
- Joker - 1 point
Seating
6 people, in two teams of three, in alternating positions
First Deal
6 cards to each person. 17 cards remain with the dealer until the second deal.
Bidding
Each bid is a number, representing the number of points that team will try to take. The minimum bid is 3; the highest bid is 6. The bidding begins on dealer's left goes around table 1 time. Each player can pass or bid a number of points higher than the previous bid if any. The person winning the bid names the trump suit.
If no one bids 3, the cards are thrown in and re-dealt by the same dealer.
Second Deal
Once the trump suit is named, each person other than the dealer may discard up to 3 cards from his hand. No trump cards may be discarded. The dealer deals enough cards to each other player to bring their total hands up to six cards each. The dealer now adds the remaining undealt cards to his hand (there will be at least two such cards), and then discards an equal number of cards (his discard may include cards he picked up). The dealer is not allowed to discard trumps except in the rare case when he has more than 6 trumps in his hand. In this case he must discard the minimum number of trumps (leaving himself with a hand of 6 trumps), and is not allowed to discard the trump ace, right bower, left bower, trump two or joker.
The Play
The winner of the bid leads. Each player must follow suit until he is void (note that you are not allowed to trump while you still have a card of the led suit - this is unlike Pitch). A player with no card of the suit led may play any card.
The object is to win tricks and bring home the Joker, and the two bauers (worth a point each), and the tens & face cards for the game point. In addition whoever played the ace of trumps gets a point for his team, and the player of the two of trumps gets a point for his team even if the other team takes the trick.
The Scoring
If the bidding side take at least as many points as they bid, they score all the points they made (which may be more than the bid). If the bidding side take fewer points than they bid, they lose the amount of their bid (which may make their score negative). In either case, the opponents of the bidding side score the points they made.
The winners are the first team to reach 21 or more points, or if both reach 21 on the same deal, the side with more points. If both sides reach 21 or more points on the same deal and the scores are then equal, the bidding side wins.
Variant: Five Handed Schmier
Remove the twos and threes from the deck. The first deal and the bidding are as in the six player game, and the high bidder names trump. After the second deal, the winner of the bid is allowed to call a partner by naming a desired card. The holder of the called card is the partner of the bidder but does not announce who he is - the teams are not known until the called card is played.
If the called card turns out to have been discarded, the bidder plays and scores alone, and the other four play as a team and score equally. The bidder may also choose to play alone voluntarily, and in this case does not call a partner. It is illegal for the bidder to call a card which is in his own hand.
Each player keeps an individual score because the teams shift on each hand. The winner is the first individual player to reach 21 points. As the twos and threes are out of play, the point for lowest is awarded to whoever holds the four of trumps.
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There is also an older version of the 5 player game played with a full deck of cards, in which players may discard up to 6 cards (rather than 3) before the second deal. As always, it is illegal to discard trumps.
Minnesota Smear
This version was contributed by Marisa Johnson.
The original Smear game is played with 4 players in fixed partnerships, sitting crosswise. A 54 card pack is used, the cards in each suit ranking as usual A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. The two jokers are extra trumps ranking between the jack and ten. If both jokers are played to the same trick, the first played beats the second.
Nine cards are dealt to each player, and there is one round of bidding, beginning with the player to dealer's left. Each player can pass or name a number of points, from 2 to 4, which must be higher than the previous bids if any.
The winner of the bidding names trump, and then each player discards three cards face down, and plays with the remaining six. No trump of any kind may be discarded except by a player who has more than six trumps. The high bidder leads to the first trick.
In the play, suit must be followed. A player with no card of the suit led may anything. A player is also allowed to trump while still holding cards of the suit led.
There are four points:
- high, won by the player who plays the ace of trump;
- low, won by the player who plays the deuce of trump;
- jack, won by the winner of the trick containing the jack of trumps;
- game, won by the side which takes more cards points (ace = 4, king = 3, queen = 2, jack = 1, ten = 10). If the card points are tied there is no point for game.
If the bidding side make as many points as they bid they score all the points they made; if not they lose the amount they bid. The non-bidding side score the points they made in any case.
Ten Point Smear
This is the best variant of Smear. As you might expect, it is quite similar to ten point pitch. The game can be played by 4, 5 or 6 people with partnering. 4 or 6 people play as fixed partnerships. 6 people play 3 against 3, each player sitting between two opponents. When there are five players, the bidder chooses a temporary partner by calling a card as described below.
A 54 card pack is used. The other jack which is the same colour as the trump jack is called the Jick and counts as a trump ranking immediately below the trump jack; the two jokers are trumps ranking between the jick and the ten.
In addition to the points for High, Low, Jack and Game, there are additional points for
| the Jick | one point |
| the two jokers | one point each |
| the 3 of trumps | worth 3 points |
These extra points go to the team which takes the relevant card in their tricks.
The bidding is as in the original game described above, except that bids of any number up to 10 are now possible (since there are 10 points in the game), and the minimum bid is 4. The high bidder names the trump suit.
The bidder then calls a trump card by rank. You are not allowed to call the three of trumps, nor can you call a trump that you have in your hand; apart from this, any trump may be called. The player who has the called card shows it to everyone. That player is the bidder's partner for that hand, and must play the called trump on the first trick. If the called card is in fact in the kitty of undealt cards, the bidder must play alone against the other four players.
The game is played to a target score of 52 points. When a team or player reaches or exceeds the target points at the end of a hand they win the game. If more than one team or player reaches the target together, whoever has the highest score wins; in case of a tie the bidding side wins.
Smear in northeastern Wisconsin
This description is based on a contribution from Rick Gilbertson.
The most popular version is for four players in fixed partnerships, partners sitting opposite each other, using a 32 card deck consisting of A K Q J 10 9 8 7 in each suit. There is also a less common version for six players, forming two teams of three, each player sitting between two opponents. When there are six players, the 6 and 5 of each suit are included, making a 40 card deck. There is also a three player version without partners - players just play for themselves.
The four player game exists in two main versions: the four point game and the six point game.
Four Point Smear
The four points are high, low, jack and game, the point for low going to whoever plays the lowest trump. Before the game the players must decide on the number of 'blinds' - that is the number of cards which the winner of the bidding takes from the undealt cards. This may be anywhere from zero to three cards. The players should also agree on the target score (typically 15) and the exact conditions for winning.
Each player is dealt six cards. The possible bids are numbers from 2 to 4. The highest bidder takes the agreed number of blinds and discards an equal number of cards. The card points in the discarded cards count towards the bidder's side's total towards the 'game' point. The remaining undealt cards, called 'Sleepers', are placed to the side and not used - any card points in them count for neither side.
The player who won the bidding leads to the first trick and the suit led is trump. When trumps are led, everyone has to play a trump if they have one. When a non-trump suit, here called a fail (from the German Fehlfarbe) is led, players have the choice of following suit or trumping. Thus you can play a trump at any time, but when playing fail you must follow the suit led if you can.
If the bidding side make as many points as they bid they score all they make; if not they lose the amount of their bid. In either case the other team score whatever they make.
The game is won by the first team to reach or go over the target score. Some play that you can only win with a succesful bid. Some play that a team's score cannot go above the target - points scored in excess of the target by the non-bidding side do not count.
Six Point Smear
In the six point variation two Jokers are added to the deck, making 34 cards in all. The jokers are the lowest trumps; some play that they rank equally and the first played beats the second, some play that the second beats the first, and some play that they rank in a specific order; in practice this rarely makes a difference. Each joker is worth one point to the side that takes it in a trick, so there are six points in all. When playing with jokers, the point for low goes to whoever plays the lowest trump other than a joker - usually the 7 but could be the 8 if the 7 is sleeping, and so on.
In the six point game the target score is usually 21 points.
Smear in Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada
This version was contributed by Ben Callaghan
The game is for four players in fixed partnerships, with variations for three and two. A standard 52 card pack is used with the cards in each suit ranking as usual A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2.
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Six cards are dealt to each player. Beginning at dealer's left, each player gets one chance to bid, and can pass or bid any number from 2 to 4. Each bid must be higher than any previous bid. If all pass, the cards are thrown in and there is a new deal by the same dealer.
The bidder leads to the first trick and the card led determines the trump suit. In the play, if you can follow suit you must either do so or play a trump. If you have no card of the suit led you may play anything. A trick is won by the highest card played of the suit led unless trumped, in which case the highest trump wins.
There are just four possible points:
- high - playing the highest trump
- low - for playing the lowest trump
- jack - for taking a trick containing the jack of trumps
- game - for having more card points in tricks than the other team (A=4, K=3, Q=2, J=1, 10=10)
The four-person game is played to 15 ('15 sneak-out'). The team which gets to 15 first wins. If both reach or exceed 15 in the same hand, the bidding team wins, regardless of who has the most points.
'Cutthroat', the version for two or three players, is referred to as '11 bid-out'. Players can only record points to a maximum of 11. Then they must make a bid to win the game. If a player who has at least one point bids four and makes it, that player immediately wins the whole game.
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Stakes are agreed per game and set - for example '10 and 5' means ten cents a game and five cents a set, or you could play $1.00 per game, 50 cents per set. The bidding team are set if they do not make enough points for their bid.
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If you lose a game you pay to the winners the game stake, plus a set stake for each time you were set. It does not matter how many times the winning side were set, if at all - having won the game they do not have to pay for this.
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The set stake tends to discourage reckless bidding, especially in the 'Cutthroat' version where otherwise players sometimes bid just to hinder someone else from winning the game.
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