The jack card in the same color but opposing suit as the trump suit (e.g., clubs, if spades are trump) – this is known as the ‘left bower’.ģ. The jack card in the trump suit – known commonly as the ‘right bower’.Ģ. The value rankings of the cards are as follows:ġ. Like most trick-taking card games, aces are high. If all cards played are in the trump suit, the jack card wins. If all four cards laid follow the suit of the dealer, the highest value card in that pile wins.Īny value card in the trump suit beats any card in a non-trump suit The winner of each trick is decided in the following ways: Like in Hearts and Spades, for example, each player nominates a single card from their hand, and the winner of each trick takes the pile of all four cards. How to Play EuchreĮuchre is surprisingly easy to learn because it's similar to most other trick-taking card games. The objective is to win at least three of the five tricks available to win the round. The winner has the highest value card of the suit or has a ’trump’ card that outclasses all the cards in play – similar to Hearts and Spades. In Euchre, each player nominates one card to try and outrank the opponents and win the ’trick’. Euchre is a fast-paced, trick-taking card game that's often played between two and four players – either in singles or teams – and uses 24, 28, or 36 cards from a standard deck of cards.

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