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The partner of a lone player puts her cards face-down and takes no part in the play.Įither a member of the makers side or a defender may play alone. She then picks up her five cards and the Benny and discards one.Īfter trump has been made, but before the first lead, any player may announce that they are playing alone. The dealer must choose a trump suit without looking at her cards. If the Benny is turned up then the dealer's team are automatically the makers - no one else gets an opportunity. That player's side are the makers and the other side are the defenders. Note that the trump making process ends as soon as someone accepts or makes trump (rather than passing). If all four players pass a second time the cards are thrown in and the next player deals. If the first player passes the second may name a suit or pass, and so on. Again the player to dealer's left speaks first and may either pass again or name a suit. If all four players pass, the up-card is turned face-down, and there is a second round in which players have the option to make any suit trump, other than the suit of the up-card. In Britain this is done by saying 'I turn it down', in which case the dealer's cards are placed face-down on the table and dealer's partner plays alone, with the turned suit as trump. The dealer's partner can only make the turned up suit trumps by playing alone.

Note that (at least in this version of Euchre), the dealer's partner cannot make trumps and play with a partner. If either of the dealer's opponents order it up or if dealer decides to take it up, the suit of the up-card becomes trump the dealer adds the up-card to her hand and discards a card face-down. If all three other players pass, the dealer may either take up the up-card, saying 'I take it up', or pass by saying 'over' and turning the up-card face-down.If the first two players pass, the player to dealer's right may either pass or say 'I order it up'.If the first player passes, the dealer's partner may either pass or say 'I turn it down'.The player to dealer's left may either pass or say 'I order it up'.First each player in turn, beginning with the player to the dealer's left, has the option of accepting up-card's suit as the trump suit or passing. This process determines the trump suit and which team are the makers - that is the team which undertakes to win three tricks. The remaining four cards are left face-down and are not used. This up-card is used as a basis for selecting the trump suit. The dealer then turns the next card in the pack face up. The dealer deals clockwise, giving each player a packet of two or three cards in any order - any player who was dealt two in the first round gets three in the second and vice versa. The dealer shuffles and the player to dealer's left may either cut or 'bump' - that is, knock the cards to indicate that they should be dealt as they are, without cutting.įive cards are dealt to each player in two rounds. The turn to deal then rotates clockwise throughout the game. The word Bower comes from the German Bauer, which means farmer or peasant and is also a word for Jack. It can be played to a heart lead and if it is led, hearts must be followed. For example if hearts are trumps, the jack of diamonds is a heart not a diamond. Note that Benny and Left count for all purposes as belonging to the trump suit. The other suits have 6 or 5 cards ranking as normal: A K Q ( J) 10 9. Left Bower (the other jack of the same colour as the trump suit) The trump suit has 8 cards ranking from highest to lowest as follows:īenny, or Best Bower (the joker or two of spades) If your pack of cards has no joker, the two of spades can be used as a substitute.

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Rank of CardsĪ pack of 25 cards is used consisting of A K Q J 10 9 in each of the four suits: hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades, plus a joker. Just 5 cards are dealt to each player and the object is to win at least three of the five tricks - with an extra bonus for winning all five.

Hardwood euchre pc software#

Euchre Software and Servers for on-line playĮuchre is a plain-trick game for four players in fixed partnerships, partners sitting opposite.Euchre tournaments, books and equipment.Some variations played there and in other places are described afterwards. The main description below is based on the version of the game played in Cornwall, England. It is played in some coastal areas of Britain, particularly in and near large sea ports, for example in Devon, Cornwall, Kent and the Channel Islands also in, New Zealand, Australia and maybe other places (please let me know). Euchre is popular across a wide area of Canada (from Nova Scotia to the Midwest) and in the USA (especially in the North-East and Midwest), and also in the United States Navy.