If the 2 has been removed for the three handed game, then the 3 of clubs is led.Įach player must follow suit if possible. The player holding the 2 of clubs after the pass makes the opening lead. In a four-player game, each is dealt 13 cards in a three-player game, the 2 of diamonds should be removed, and each player gets 17 cards in a five-player game, the 2 of diamonds and 2 of clubs should be removed so that each player will get 10 cards. When a player takes all 13 hearts and the queen of spades in one hand, instead of losing 26 points, that player scores zero and each of his opponentsĭeal the cards one at a time, face down, clockwise. The game is usually played to 100 points (some play to 50). The aggregate total of all scores for each hand must be a multiple of 26. Hearts count as one point each and the queen counts 13 points.

Card Values/ScoringĪt the end of each hand, players count the number of hearts they have taken as well as the queen of spades, if applicable. When one player hits the agreed-upon score or higher, the game ends and the player with the lowest score wins. To be the player with the lowest score at the end of the game.

How to play the queen of hearts