You can say “ no tricks,” which means passing your turn.īe sure that the total number of tricks estimated by all players is not the same amount as the cards that have been dealt. Going clockwise, each player must predict how many tricks they think they will win. Handy Tip: During the initial deal, if the first card placed face up is a joker, the hand plays without a trump suit. Next, the first card is turned face-up this is the “trump suit.” The rest of the deck can be put to one side for the time being. So altogether, 24 hands will be played overall. The dealer (the person who shuffled the deck) then deals out the cards to the players. (The same as the second set.)īefore dealing a new hand, the deck should be shuffled each time, with the player to the right cutting the deck.

Fourth Set – The last set is four hands again, and nine cards get dealt to each player.

Third Set – In this set, we go back to 8 hands, but this time there are eight cards given to each player to start with, seven cards in the next hand, 6 in the next, and so on until in the last hand there is only 1 card each.

Second Set – There will be nine hands, and each player will be dealt nine cards.

Then in the second round, two cards for each player and four for each player in the third round.

First Set – In the first round, there are eight hands.

So, select a person to shuffle the cards, and then the person to their right will split the deck.Ī total game consists of four sets, and the number of cards dealt out varies for each stage, which goes as follows: Once you have finished sorting out your deck of cards, you should find yourself left with 36 to play with.Īnd that’s that you’re ready to play Joker. Next, you will remove the cards I mentioned earlier, which are all of the 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, and 5’s, and the red 6’s will you replace with two jokers. Once you’ve established this, the rest of the players take turns going left around the table.

Setting Upįirst, decide which player will go first. It will also help to have something to keep notes on your points throughout the game so that you don’t lose track. This game will need to be played on a flat surface the best bet is a table everyone can sit around. Here is one from Amazon that will work well for this game.

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This game only requires 36 cards, so a normal deck, minus the 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, and the two red 6’s, which are replaced with two jokers. Quite simply, all you will need to play Joker is a standard deck of cards, not even a full deck of cards at that. $8.56 $5.49 Buy Now on Amazon Affiliate link / commissions earned ( read disclosure)

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