Euchre Scorekeeper and Rules

A fast partnership trick-taking game for 4 players using a 24-card deck: 9, 10, J, Q, K and A of each suit.

Setup

• Partners sit across from each other. Deal five cards to each player, usually in groups of 2 and 3.
• Turn the next card face up. The rest of the deck (the kitty) is set aside.

Card ranking

• The jack of the trump suit (the right bower) is the highest card.
• The other jack of the same color (the left bower) is second highest and counts as a trump.
• Then trump A, K, Q, 10, 9. Other suits rank A, K, Q, J, 10, 9.

Calling trump

• Starting left of the dealer, each player can tell the dealer to pick up the face-up card, making its suit trump. The dealer then discards one card.
• If everyone passes, the card is turned down and players get one more chance to name any other suit as trump.
• The team that names trump is the calling team (the makers). The caller may choose to go alone, and their partner sits out the hand.

Play

• The player left of the dealer leads. Follow suit if you can (the left bower counts as trump, not its printed suit).
• Highest trump wins the trick. If no trump was played, the highest card of the led suit wins.

Scoring

Winning

The first team to 10 points wins.

Entering scores

Pick the team that called trump, check the box if they went alone, and choose how many tricks they took. Deal & Tally works out the points.