Euchre is a Dutch game dating back to the 1800s. It is popular in Canada and New England. The type of euchre that will be explained below is the four hand game, which involves two sets of two partners (four players).
- From the deck, the dealer should discard all cards from twos to sixes, leaving 32 cards in the deck.
- Cards: The highest card is the jack of the trump suit, which is called the right bower. The other jack of the same color is the second highest, called the left bower. The value of cards from here begins highest at the trump suit, which is ranked A, K, Q, 10, 9, 8, 7. The nontrump suits rank: A, K, Q, J (if not left bower), 10, 9, 8, 7.
- The dealer should deal around the table clockwise, giving each player five cards in total. The dealer should give three consecutive cards off the deck to each person, and then, starting back at the beginning, two consecutive cards off the deck to each person (or, as some say, deal in batches of 3-2). The dealer must deal one extra card to himself and lay it face up. This card determines the trump suit for the round (if it is accepted). Choice of acceptance passes around the table to the dealer's left. Each player is allowed to accept or decline the face up card as trump suit (if it has not been accepted before him). Officially, the opponent of the dealer must say "I order it up," the partner of the dealer must say "I assist," and the dealer must say "I take it up" if any of them want to accept the card as trump suit. If the card is accepted, the dealer has the opportunity to take the card for his hand, discarding any other card face down. The trump card remains on the table (rather than in the dealer's hands) until the dealer wishes to use it on his turn.
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Author: Mariya Malter