With 5 players, the 2 of Diamonds and 2 of Clubs are omitted.
When played with 3 players, the 2 of Diamonds is omitted from the deck, resulting in 51 cards. The entire deck is dealt giving each of the four players 13 cards. Hearts is played with a standard 52-card deck, 2 through Ace of each suit.
A player may “shoot the moon” by taking all 26 points in a hand, giving other players 26 points instead (see Scoring, below).Ī game is over when one or more players get to 100 points. Each hand consists of 26 points, one for each Heart and 13 for the Queen of Spades (♠Q). Hearts is an easy-to-play trick-taking game where players compete for the fewest points.
