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Euchre

A fast four-player partner game, huge in the Midwest, played with just the 9s through aces. Each hand, one team chooses the trump suit and has to win at least three of the five tricks. In trump, the jack is the highest card, and the other jack of the same color is second. First team to 10 points wins.

first round is practice. stop and ask anytime.

Set up · 1 of 3

Take out the 9s, 10s, jacks, queens, kings and aces. That's 24 cards. Put the rest away.

Set up · 2 of 3

Sit across from your partner.

Set up · 3 of 3

Deal five cards each. Put the last four face down in the middle and turn the top one face up.

How to play · 1 of 5

Pick trump

Starting left of the dealer, each player can make the face-up card's suit trump by saying "Pick it up." The dealer adds that card to their hand and discards one. Or say "Pass."

How to play · 2 of 5

Second chance

If all four pass, turn the card face down. Going around again, anyone can name a different suit as trump. If everyone passes again, the next player deals.

How to play · 3 of 5

Know the bowers

The jack of trump, the right bower, is now the highest card. The other jack of the same color, the left bower, is second and counts as trump. Then ace, king, queen, 10 and 9 of trump.

How to play · 4 of 5

Play five tricks

The player left of the dealer leads. Follow suit if you can. The highest trump wins the trick, or if there's no trump, the highest card of the suit led.

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Score

The team that picked trump needs three tricks. Three or four is 1 point. All five is 2 points. Fewer than three and they're euchred: the other team scores 2.

How to win

The first team to 10 points wins.