Origin | United States |
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Alternative names | Pitch, Setback, Auction Pitch, Bid Pitch, High Low Jack Smear |
Type | Trick-taking |
Players | even numbers 2-8 (8 best) |
Cards | 54 |
Deck | French |
Play | Clockwise |
Card rank (highest first) | A K Q J JOKER 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 |
Related games | |
All Fours, Pedro, Cinch, Phat |
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Name | Description | Points | Receiver |
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High | highest trump in play | 1 | original owner = eventual owner |
Low | lowest trump in play | 1 | original owner[3] |
Jack | Jack of trumps | 1 | eventual owner[3] |
Off-Jack | Jack of same color as trumps | 1 | eventual owner[3] |
Joker 1 | first Joker played / higher Joker | 1 | eventual owner |
Joker 2 | second Joker played / lower Joker | 1 | eventual owner |
Last trick | winning the last trick | 1 | -- |
Game | most card-points | 1 | eventual owner |
Trey | Three of trumps | 3 | eventual owner |
Old Nate | Four of spades if trumps | 1 | eventual owner |
Origin | Carthage, MO |
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Players | 4-6 |
Cards | 54 |
Play | Clockwise |
Rank | Ace | King | Queen | Jack | Off-Jack | HI Joker | LO Joker | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
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Value | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |