hearts (game)

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Scope note
Card game in which players aim to avoid taking tricks that contain hearts. Four players each receive thirteen cards dealt one at a time from a standard 52-card deck. In the first deal, each player discards three cards and passes them facedown to the player to the left and then replaces them with the three passed by the right-hand player. In the second deal, three cards are similarly passed to the right, and in the third, they are passed to the player sitting opposite, and in the fourth there is no passing, and each person must play with their remaining cards. This four-deal cycle then repeats itself. The ultimate winner is the player with the lowest penalty score when one or more players have reached 100 penalty points. Penalties are scored at the rate of one point for each heart, and 13 points for the queen of spades in a trick, thus, there are 26 penalty points in each deal.
hearts
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024