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  Euchre Learn to Play

Fewer cards, straightforward rules -- big strategy!
Work with your partner or go alone against your opponents as you try to win three of the five tricks in each hand. The first player or team to earn the Points to Game wins. Bid carefully, because if you set the trump and get euchred, it’ll cost you!

1.
When the game loads, click the radio button next to the position you wish to play at the table. The host must choose the Points to Match, which range from 5 to 11.

2.
The players first establish the trump suit. Bidding for the suit proceeds clockwise to the left of the dealer. If the suit is not chosen in the first round, the bidding goes into a second round.

Players
Euchre is played with either three or four players. The players sitting opposite each other play as a team. In the case of three players, the maker (the player who decides the trump suit) is always opposed to the other two players in a temporary partnership.

Cards
The game uses 24 cards from a standard 52-card deck, with all the 2s through 8s discarded. Within each suit, the cards are ranked from highest to lowest: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9. However, the Jack of the trump suit (called the right bower) becomes the highest trump and the other Jack of the same color (called the left bower), is the second highest trump. So for example, if the trump suit is Spades, the trumps would rank: Jack of Spades, Jack of Clubs, A, K, Q, 10, 9 of Spades.

In other Euchre variations, a 32-card deck is used, which includes the 7s and 8s.The deck for English rules adds one Joker to the 24-card deck as the highest trump.

Dealing
Each player is dealt five cards in rounds of three, then two cards. The last card of the pack is turned face up on the table. This card is called the turn-up.

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