Euchre
Number of Players: Ideally 4
Object of
Game: To Score 10
points
Deck: 24 cards consisting 9,10,Jack,Queen,King and Ace in each suit.
Hands:
Trump Suit | Other Suit of same color | Other Suits |
Jack (Right Bower) | Ace | Ace |
Jack (Left Bower) | King | King |
Ace | Queen | Queen |
King | Ten | Jack |
Queen | Nine | Ten |
Ten | Nine | |
Nine |
The Jack of the Trump suit is the highest ranking card, known as the Right Bower. The Jack of the other suit with the same color as the trump suit is the 2nd highest ranking card, the Left Bower.
Rules:
5 cards are dealt to each player.
4 cards are left over, the top card is turned over and the
stack placed by dealer.
Bidding commences left of the dealer.
1st Round Bidding
Players either pass or instruct the dealer to pick up the
face up card, saying " I order it up".
If the dealer wishes to pick up the face up card when all players pass he can
take it, " I pick it ".
Bidding ends when someone orders up.
Ordering up the face card makes the suit of that card trumps for that hand.
The dealer cannot pick up the face up card if that would be his only
trump,
and player cannot order up unless he has that suit in his hand.
If all players pass, then face up card is turned down and 2nd round
bidding commences.
2nd Round Bidding
Bidding commences left of the dealer.
Players may either pass or name a suit to be trumps, other than the one
that was turned up
A player can also name "High" or "Low" instead of
naming a trump.
In this case, there is no trump suit,
and the highest card wins the trick if "High" was named
or the lowest card if "Low"
was named.
Bidding ends when someone names a suit.
If no one calls trumps on the second round of bidding, the dealer must
call trumps, "High" or "Low".
If 4 players are playing, they will play in
teams of two, sitting opposite each other.
When ordering up, or naming a suit, the player
may say they are "going alone", playing without the help of their
partner,
who does not play this hand.
This would not be the case in a three player
game where everyone plays for himself.
The team or person that orders up, or names the
trump is the declaring team, the other team or players is the defending team.
Either defender may declare they are defending
alone after the declarer has decided.
The other defender would sit out this hand.
If the lone defender "Euchres" (Stops the declarer from scoring 3
tricks), the declarer, the defending team gets 4 points
instead of 2. (Only with 4 players)
Play of the Hand
If 4 people are playing and a player, goes
alone, the person to his left leads to the first trick.
Otherwise the player left of the dealer begins.
Players must play the suit of the led card if
possible. Otherwise they can play any card.
The highest trump wins the trick.
If no trumps then the highest card of the suit
led wins.
The winner of the trick leads to the next
trick.
Regarding the "Bo
wer" cards:
If trumps were hearts, and the hand led with
diamonds.
If a player has the Jack of Diamonds and no other diamonds, he would not
be required to play it.
If the hand was led with hearts and the player had no hearts, but had the
Jack of diamonds, he would be required to play it.
Scoring
Misdeal