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RULES OF HEARTS

Here are the rules for the card game Hearts:

 1. The objective of Hearts is to get as few hearts as possible. Each heart
    gives you one penalty point. There is also a special card, which is the
    Queen of Spades. It gives you 13 penalty points! This is a game where you
    want a lower score rather than high.
 2. To begin, each player will be dealt 13 cards. You'll then select three cards
    when the game begins to pass to one of the opponents. Typically it's best to
    pass your three worst cards to try and get rid of them. The opponent which
    you pass to varies (we'll handle that part for you), you start by passing to
    the opponent on your left. Then, in the following game you pass to your
    opponent on the right. For the third game you pass straight across the table
    and in the 4th game you keep your cards and do not pass any.
 3. The player who has the 2 of clubs at the beginning leads in the first hand,
    and that player has to lead with the 2 of clubs.
 4. Each turn begins with one player laying a single card, which is called
    'leading.' That card's suit determines the suit of the trick. Then each of
    the players each plays one card.
    
 5. If they have a card in the same suit as the first card then that suit must
    be played. If not, they can play any of their other cards. Once 4 cards have
    been played, the player who played the highest ranking card takes the trick.
    This means he or she takes the 4 cards on the table and starts the next
    turn. Any penalty cards (any hearts or queen of spades) the trick are added
    to the player's penalty score. Try to avoid these unless you are shooting
    the moon which we'll touch on later.
 6. You may not lead a trick with hearts until hearts has been played on another
    suit (aka 'broken'). If it is your turn to lead and no hearts have been
    played thus far, you cannot select a heart as the card to play. In some
    versions of game Hearts you cannot play the Queen of Spades until hearts has
    been broken, but in this variation you can always play the queen of spades
    and it doesn't break hearts.
 7. In the first round you may not play a heart or the queen of spades, even if
    you do not possess any card in the suit of the starting card.
 8. After all cards have been played, the penalty points are counted and the
    player with the smallest number of points wins that particular hand. When
    one of the players reaches at least 100 points then the game is finished,
    and the player with the least number of points is the winner. If points are
    over 100 and there are 2 or more equal with the fewest points then play will
    continue until there is only one clear winner.
 9. Back to 'shooting the moon.' Typically it is not good to get penalty cards,
    but there is a circumstance where it can hugely benefit you. If you get ALL
    the penalty cards (thirteen hearts and the Queen of Spades) then you get
    zero points and all other players get 26 points each. Trying this can be a
    somewhat risky move, since if another player gets just one of the hearts you
    will end up with lots of points. Alright, now that we've we've got that down
    let's play some Hearts!


BEST HEARTS STRATEGY RESOURCES

1. Mark's Hearts Strategy

2. Good Discussion on Stack Exchange

3. White Knuckle Hearts Rules



If you get bored here, we have plenty of other games to play! Maybe go play the
card game Rummy or the play the card game Spades... Both free and easy with no
signup required.


LEARN BY WATCHING

I know some people (myself included) are visual learners. If that is the case,
feel free to watch the video below on how to play Euchre with real life
examples. Let us know if you have any questions or feedback on the Contact Page!


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