At the fourth deal, players keep their own cards. Cards are passed to the right at the first deal, to the left with the second, and across with the third. Players pick their cards after they've looked at them, and before they've received cards from their opponents.
The whole pack is dealt out clockwise, one card at a time, each placed face down.Īfter the cards have been dealt, each player chooses three cards to pass to an opponent. In each suit, the cards are ranked from the Ace, with the highest value, on down: K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2. The person who takes the first trick will take the kitty, too. If you have 3 players, deal each 13 cards, then add the leftover cards to the kitty. So, if you have 4 players, each receives 13 cards (13 x 4 = 52). Each player is dealt the same number of cards. Three to seven players (four players is the best!) The Cards Players don't want to end up with tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades, but they do want to end up with the jack of diamonds. Here are the rules to the card game of Hearts - a fun game to play on Valentine's Day, or any day! The Object of the Game
