both scatter and hold hands are played (the cycle is left, right, across, scatter, then hold).scatter instead of hold (players pass one card to every other player).pass left, pass right, pass across, then repeat (no hold hand).Variations Passingĭifferent passing cycles may be used, for example: The person with the lowest score is then the winner. The game continues until one player has reached or exceeded 100 points at the conclusion of a hand. However, if you manage to win all the scoring cards (which is known as a slam or shooting the moon), your score is reduced by 26 points, or you may choose instead to have all other players’ scores increased by 26 points. Each heart scores one point, and the queen of spades scores 13 points. Normally, each player scores penalty points for cards in the tricks which they won. This is sometimes known as smoking out the queen. In fact it is a normal tactic to lead lower spades to try to drive out the queen. In general, discarding a penalty card on a trick is called painting the trick.Īlthough it is illegal to lead hearts until they are broken, players are permitted to lead spades. Discarding a heart, thus allowing hearts to be led in future, is called breaking hearts. It is illegal to lead a heart until after a heart has been played (as a discard) to another trick. The person who played the highest card of the suit led wins the trick and leads to the next trick. If they do not have a card of that suit, they may play any card. The other players, in clockwise order, must play a card of the suit which was led if possible. The person who holds the 2 of clubs must lead it to the first trick. The cycle then repeats until the end of the game. On the fourth hand no cards are passed at all. On the third hand each player passes three cards to the player sitting opposite. On the second hand each player passes three cards to the player to their right, in the same way.
When passing cards, you must first select the cards to be passed and place them face-down, ready to be picked up by the receiving player only then may you they pick up the cards passed to you, look at them and add them to your hand. On the first hand, after the deal, each player passes any three cards face-down to the player to their left. All the cards are dealt out one at a time, so that everyone has 13. Deal and Passingĭeal and play are clockwise. The game is ended by someone reaching or going over 100 points, and the winner is the player with the lowest score at this point. There is no trump suit.Įach heart is worth one penalty point and the queen of spades is worth 13 penalty points. There are no formal partnerships, though there are times when players will find it in their interest to help each other.Ī standard 52 card deck is used, with the cards in each suit ranking as usual from ace (high) down to two (low). Hearts is most commonly played by 4 people. Many thanks to John who gave permission to to use this material. Much of the material on this page was collected by John Hay in preparation for his projected book.
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