![]() Cards such as the king of spades could easily cause you to take the queen of spades especially during a later round when people are running low on cards. If you are not trying to collect points then it is best to get rid of cards that in your hand that could cause you to get points as soon as possible. Lose the risky cards early – once cards have been passed your hand may still contain some dangerous cards. Passing away all cards in a suit that you have few cards is also sometimes a good idea. Passing high cards is usually never a bad bet. ![]() In the second picture, all hands shown could try a different approach when passing. Remember this is your chance to adjust a potentially undesirable hand to be more suited to the type of game you are playing. Use the passing round to your advantage – passing should be used to your advantage at the beginning of every hand. Listed below are a few suggested strategies for those who want to win a game of Hearts: Decisions and moves made based on the steps described above can be used to be more competitive during each hand and throughout an entire game. This isn’t so much of a step but more a collection of a few strategies that experienced Hearts players commonly use. If they play their cards correctly they can maybe taking all scoring cards. This will allow them to take the scoring cards from each round and continue to lead each round. As you can see, they are passing their lower cards of a non-scoring suit. The picture above shows an example of the passing round for a player who has a hand that is favorable for "shooting the moon". If you lose one heart to another player, you could end up taking 25 points that round. It is generally only a good idea though if you can be sure to obtain all scoring cards. This is a good approach if the hand you were dealt is not initially favorable. If this is done successfully, the player with all scoring cards is given a score of 0 for that round and all other players are given a score of 26. Shooting the moon is when a player wins all 26 points in a round or collects all hearts and the queen of spades. If a player is dealt a hand with cards ranked very high or with a large amount of hearts, then they might want to try and “shoot the moon”. The bottom picture above shows the final round of a hand at this point each player totals up the number of scoring card received that round and adds them to their overall score. This accomplished by playing the lowest card of the lead suit or by playing a card out of suit. The goal of each round is to collect the fewest amount of scoring cards as possible. ![]() Scoring cards can only be played as the lead card after someone has played a heart or the queen of spades during a hand in which they must play a card out of suit.Īfter the first round, players proceed to play rounds in the same manner until all players run out of cards. This player then plays any card that they choose except a scoring card. The player who has played the highest ranked card of the suit that was led (in the case of the first round – clubs), takes the 4 cards that were played and places them in a pile separate from their hand. Scoring cards can only be played after the first round. For the first hand, however, a player cannot play a scoring card. If a player does not have any clubs then they may play a card of another suit. Therefore, after the 2 of clubs have been played the remaining players must play a club. Once this card has been played, the remaining players play a card going clockwise.Įach player must play a card of the suit that was led. This means that whoever has this card in their hand must play it to start the round. Every round must begin with the 2 of clubs this is shown in the first picture above.
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