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Black Lady

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are typically not passed unless the player is attempting to shoot the moon. Care must be taken in passing too many high cards which could allow the player receiving the cards to shoot the moon. A simple passing strategy to keep a recipient from shooting the moon is to pass them a single low-value heart, this is especially effective when holding on to the
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second player would be on 121 points, the shooter on 90, and the leader on 89. Alternatively, the old moon stands, but the game continues (even though, in the example, the second player is on 121 points) for as long as there are no successful shoot the moon outcomes. At that point, the winner is the player with the lowest score, even if this is over 100.
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The main objectives of passing are to try to become "short" or "void" in a suit, and thus able to play off-suit when that suit is led; or to rid one's hand of "dangerous" cards that could force a player to take a trick containing penalty points, such as the ace, king, or queen of any suit (especially
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A player who shoots the moon can choose new moon only if applying old moon for the hand would end the game with the shooter losing by points. For example, in a 100-point game, if the shooter has 90, a second player 95, and the leader 63, the shooter and the second player would lose the game since the
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In the American version of this game, called American Hearts by Glenn and Denton, the cards are passed differently in successive deals. For the first deal, cards are passed to the left. For the second deal, cards are passed to the right. In the third deal, cards are passed across the table and in the
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A void is when a player does not have any cards of a certain suit. Generally, this is a highly advantageous situation, because it prevents the player from winning any points in that suit, and provides a means to dispose of poor cards. These can be intentionally created with good passing strategy, or
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In 1950, Culbertson reported that omnibus hearts was "rapidly becoming the most popular of hearts games" and was so called because it included all the features found in different members of the hearts family and Arnold states that it is "sufficiently different and popular" to justify being described
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Players cut for the deal, the player drawing the lowest card becoming the first dealer. Cards are dealt clockwise beginning with eldest hand. After the deal each player selects three cards to discard and passes them to the left-hand neighbour. This must be done before viewing the cards received from
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When all the tricks are played, players total up their scores. Each heart card captured scores one penalty point and the black lady scores thirteen. If one player takes all the penalty cards, no scores are recorded for that deal. When the first player reaches 100 points, the game ends and the winner
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for each heart captured; the Black Lady being worth thirteen. The pool is claimed by the person or people winning it. There are two ways of deciding a winner. In the sweepstake method, the pool may only be claimed by a player or players who takes no hearts at all. If everyone takes at least one, the
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in 1909 who describes a variant called "Discard hearts which is sometimes called black jack or black lady". In black jack, the jack of spades was worth "ten hearts"; in black lady the queen of spades was worth "thirteen hearts". Discarding three cards was already part of the game as the name discard
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are lead. In addition, high hearts can leave the player defenseless once hearts are broken. When creating voids, it is best to do that in either clubs or diamonds, because players want to avoid receiving high hearts or spades without having any padding. For this reason, spades lower than the queen
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Cancellation hearts is first described in 1950 by Culbertson and is a variant designed for larger numbers of players, typically 6 to 11 players, using two decks shuffled together. If exactly the same card is played twice in one trick, the cards cancel each other out, and neither can take the trick.
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Shooting the moon is a very common scoring variation. If one player takes all the penalty cards on one deal, that player's score remains unchanged while 26 penalty points are added to the scores of each of the other players. This is known as playing by "old moon" rules. In the "new moon" rules, the
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and thirteen hearts), 26 plus points are scored for the deal and the rest score zero (noting that in Culbertson's black lady rules, what is now called shooting the moon results in no player scoring for that deal). Arnold (2011) states that omnibus hearts is considered the best version of hearts by
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Rotating pass. Players pass in the following cycle: one player to the left, two players to the left, three players to the left, etc. This method accommodates any number of players. Additionally, if the cycle ends with a "no pass" round, one player (the one to the first dealer's right) will always
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Four-way passing. The most common method, popularized by computer versions, rotates passing through four deals; on the first deal, players pass to the left, the second deal to the right, the third across the table. On the fourth deal no cards are passed; alternatively players may pass one card to
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Unlike the basic game of hearts, card passing has always been a feature of black lady. It is also referred to as discarding, hence the earliest alternative name for black lady was discard hearts. The idea is that, before each hand begins, each player chooses three cards and passes them to another
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Attempting to shoot the moon is often a risky strategy, as failure to capture every single penalty card will result in the remaining penalty points (as many as 25, if only one heart is missed) being added to one's score. Shooting the moon can rapidly change the direction of a game in a player's
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With the exception of trying to shoot the moon, players attempt to discard high cards, especially high hearts or spades, and try to avoid winning points. This can either be accomplished by creating a void or playing a high card last in a trick that has no points. Generally speaking, it is
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favour. A good hand for shooting the moon should contain significant high cards, in addition to a long run of a single suit that can be used to keep the lead once the other players have run out of that suit. Furthermore, it is necessary to either have no hearts, or most/all high hearts (
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Apart from shooting the moon, the usual scoring system is employed with players scoring one penalty point for each heart card taken and thirteen for taking the Black Lady. Game is 100 points. When the first player reaches this score, the game stops and players settle their scores.
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Because black lady is generally understood to have only one winner when the game ends, some of the general strategies change when one or more players are at risk of reaching 100 points. In such scenarios it becomes strategical for players to work together to ensure the
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10 and every heart 1. Game is 101. The team of the first player to individually score 101 or more loses. If two or more players from opposing teams reach or exceed 101 in the same deal, the one with the higher score loses. Shooting the moon incurs a 37-point
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According to Culbertson, black lady may be played by three to seven players, individually, the best number being four. The standard 52-card deck is used and, in order to ensure each player gets the same number of cards, twos are discarded in the order:
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If a player receives 260 points (26 points every round) over ten rounds, all other players may receive 260 points and the player finishes with a score of 0, or all other players receive 100 in a normal game. This variant is called "shooting the big
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Card play follows the normal rules: eldest hand leads to the first trick. Players must follow suit if able; otherwise, they may play a card from any suit. The highest card of the led suit wins the trick, and the trick winner leads to the next.
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Glenn and Denton (2003) state that this version "is nearly universal in the United States." These rules are based on Morehead (2001), except where stated. The major differences are the rules on passing and the scoring scheme for
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If the game uses multiple decks, and two identical cards tie for taking the trick, the most recently played card takes precedence. Cancellation Hearts (see the Variations section) defines different behavior involving identical
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known as "shooting the moon" first appeared in Britain in 1939 in a variant of hearts called hitting the moon. This was essentially black lady with the addition of a slam. Today this feature is a common element in the game.
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Eldest hand leads to the first trick with any card. Players must follow suit if they can; otherwise may discard any card. A trick is won by the highest card of the led suit and the winner of the trick leads to the next.
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Three to six may play, but the game is best for four. There are no partnerships and no trumps. The standard deck is used and an even distribution of cards is achieved by removing as many of the following as are needed:
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advantageous to play the highest card possible without winning the trick. Players particularly concentrate on getting rid of high cards in suits that they do not have padding low cards in. For example, if a player had
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many players. He refers to the capture of all counting cards as "hitting the moon, take-all or slam". The game ends when a player reaches or exceeds 100 penalty points, whereupon the player with the lowest score wins.
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Hearts cannot be led until either they have been "broken" (discarded on the lead of another suit), or the player who must lead has nothing but Hearts remaining in hand. In some variations, any penalty card, including
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Star passing. With an odd number of players, passing across is not possible. If five play, players choose two cards and pass one each to the two players opposite. The pattern of passing routes forms a five-point
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In a sub-variation of the above, if a player's hand contains nothing but Hearts and other penalty cards, even if Hearts have not been broken, the player can lead a heart. Hearts are of course broken by this
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as dangerous as their spade counterparts and forms a counter to the black lady, enabling a player saddled with one 'lady' the opportunity to even the score by offloading the other. Spadaccini, like
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A player who shoots the sun may add 52 points to the player who passed to him or her at the beginning of the round, while the others each receive 26. This is known as the "punishment rule".
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leads with that card. Some rules state that neither hearts nor the Black Lady may be led until the first heart has been discarded. According to Morehead, in club play, the player with the
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Pink lady is an "almost forgotten variant" that "doubles the fun of black lady", "adding interest and intensity." Its key feature is the addition of an extra high penalty card, the
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in America, although that is the proper name for the basic game in which only the cards of the heart suit incur penalty points. It is known by a variety of other names including
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Hoyle's rules of games : descriptions of indoor games of skill and chance, with advice on skillful play : based on the foundations laid down by Edmond Hoyle, 1672-1769
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The first trick of a hand does not count for shooting the sun; only the following twelve tricks are required. This allows a player who holds the two of clubs to shoot the sun.
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Non-distinct jokers are valueless cards that cannot take tricks. They may be played at all times (except to lead tricks), or perhaps only when following suit is not possible.
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Jokers may be allowed to lead. If they are, the leading player calls a suit which must be followed, or the lead suit may be determined by the next card played.
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Ten rounds are played using standard scoring, and each player has three lives. If a player receives 15 or more points in a round, he or she loses a life.
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A player that achieves a score of exactly 100 has their score reduced to zero. In this variant a score of 101 or greater is required to end the game.
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A player who takes all thirteen tricks may add 52 points to the other players' scores, subject to the other variations listed above. This is known as
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counters. This exhausts the pool and is designed to be a fairer reflection of the players' ability. The Black Lady ranks as a spade within the spade
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goes to the lowest score player, in order to close the gap before the game ends. Similarly, when a player is at 87 points or more and receives the
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would not be much of an issue; they can play the four lower cards and hopefully exhaust another player's spades before being forced to play the
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Jokers may also be considered as penalty cards. They may behave as normal penalty cards, or they might only score if played to a hearts trick.
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Shuffle passing. Players choose three cards and discard them to a central pile. The dealer then gathers, shuffles, and re-deals these cards.
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and the winner of the first trick adds them to his or her tricks. Some rules allow the winner of the first trick to view the kitty as well.
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If two such pairs appear in the same trick, the whole trick is cancelled and the cards are rolled over to the winner of the next trick.
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Two distinct jokers are designated as the zero of clubs and the zero of diamonds, and behave just like ordinary clubs and diamonds.
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game in which the aim is to avoid taking tricks containing hearts or the black lady. American author and leading bridge exponent,
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A player who shoots the moon may only use new moon after he or she, or perhaps another player, has reached a predetermined score.
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as many counters as they took hearts. So in a four-player game, if Andy takes the Black Lady and a heart i.e. 14 hearts, he pays
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are two of the most important cards to get rid of, because they are not worth any points themselves but are ranked higher than
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as a separate game." In effect, omnibus hearts is really a variant of black lady to which has been added the bonus card of the
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were passed to the left. Scoring was simple: one penalty point for every heart captured and thirteen for the queen of spades.
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A player who takes all thirteen tricks reverts their score from the entire game to 0. This is known as "cleaning the slate".
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for three to six players and the most popular of the group. It emerged in the early 20th century as an elaboration of
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takes the place of the black lady but is worth 10 hearts or penalty points instead of thirteen. Moss (1995) calls it
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three cards to the left-hand neighbour. Players may not view the cards they receive before selecting their discards.
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are removed and, if six play, all four deuces are discarded. It was usual practice to play with two decks, one being
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A player who takes all of the penalty cards but fails to shoot the sun scores normally instead of shooting the moon.
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This article is about the American game often called Hearts. For the British game sometimes called Black lady, see
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A game cannot by won by player who successfully shoots the moon or sun. Play continues for at least one more hand.
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and takes this trick (which includes a 1-point penalty heart). In this case, no other player had any diamonds.
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Black jack is recorded by Foster as early as 1909 and has appeared sporadically in the literature since. The
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and choosing a seat first and then others choosing their seats in their order. Players tying must cut again.
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which earns 10 plus points for the player who takes it in a trick. If a player takes all fifteen counters (
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in any subsequent smoking play, and thus could also participate in smoking. Even the player that has the
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pool stays and forms a 'jack' (hence 'jackpot') until someone eventually takes no hearts at the end of a
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See, for example, Foster (1922), Wood and Goddard (1940), Culbertson (1950 and 1957) and Moss (1995).
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In the earliest rules, passing was always to the left. Today, there are many variations of passing:
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Black lady was developed in America in the early 20th century from hearts. It is first mentioned by
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Dealer's choice. The dealer chooses the number of cards to be passed and the direction of passing.
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onto another player. This is also referred to as "smoking the lady/queen", in reference to the
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may be required to play it at the first opportunity by discarding or following a higher spade.
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If jokers are used, rules must be defined concerning their play. Common conventions include:
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counters into the pool. Once everyone had paid up, players claim as many counters as they
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Left and right. The discarded cards are passed alternately left and right with each deal.
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American hearts, black lady hearts, black Maria, black widow, slippery Anne, rickety Kate
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in 1939, it incurred a penalty of 26 penalty points for everyone except the slam winner.
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The main variants of black lady are cancellation hearts, omnibus hearts and pink lady.
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which, however, is the British variant of hearts played with additional penalty cards.
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Foster's scoring scheme for basic hearts is that players start with a fixed number of
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the first time spades were led, with the risk that another player will respond with
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player subtracts 26 points from their own score instead of adding 26 to the others.
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a moon attempt will invariably fail, because savvy players will not discard the
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The aim of black lady is to avoid capturing heart cards or the queen of spades.
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at the end (26 minus the number of penalty points scored). So Andy may claim
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A player who shoots the moon may have a choice between old moon or new moon.
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each opponent ("scatter pass"). The cycle of four deals is then repeated.
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player. Cards are usually passed to the left, unlike the British game of
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or pink lady, which scores 13 penalty points like her counterpart, the
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pass to the dealer; this can assist in remembering where to pass cards.
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The following rules are based on the earliest known rules – those by
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The following rules are based on those by American bridge expert,
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before multiple people have scored at least one point, so the
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hiding there would be forced to come out into the open (the
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doubles the point value of all Hearts taken by that player,
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in the full knowledge that some other player has this dry
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must lead it to begin the first trick. In variations with
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The aim is to avoid taking any hearts or the black lady (
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will ensure them at least one trick containing points.
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If a nine is played, the trick is extended by one round.
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fourth deal, players 'hold' i.e. do not pass any cards.
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is forced to be played by its bearer, thus causing the
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A player who takes no tricks scores –5 penalty points.
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and as such would force players to take the queen if
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and so may be discarded if any other suit is played.
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(1999). 2608:Glenn, Jim; Denton, Carey (2003). 2517:. New York/London: Sterling. 2009. 1141:is worth 26 points instead of 13, 14: 2707:. London: H.F. & G. Witherby. 2646:Morehead, Philip D., ed. (2001). 1067:system. Hearts are worth 1 each, 269:Black lady was incorporated into 4071: 4070: 2591:. New York: Frederick A. Stokes. 2579:. New York: Frederick A. Stokes. 1968:When the slam was introduced by 1460:. In contrast, if they only had 1379:An example trick. South has led 41: 2705:The Complete Book of Card Games 2612:. Reader's Digest Association. 2475:"Rules of Card Games: Gong Zhu" 1110:. The first player to reach an 297:The penalty cards in black lady 2747:Spadaccini, Stephanie (2005). 2681:The Penguin Book of Card Games 2377:. Math.unl.edu. Archived from 2061:Little Giant Encyclopedia 2009 530:Modern rules – Morehead (2001) 289:Earliest rules – Foster (1909) 277:", starting with Windows 3.1. 233:. In Australia it is known as 194:and was initially also called 170: 1: 4129:Card games introduced in 1909 2250:. Heartsworld. Archived from 1635:in a closed area so that any 1059:. A variant by game designer 321:cards is used in which cards 2736:Seymour, Paul Henry (1958). 2610:The Treasury of Family Games 2477:. Pagat.com. 18 January 2004 1354:is worth 13 penalty points, 442: 4100:Tarot and Tarock card games 4091:Non trick-taking card games 2718:Card Games Around the World 2545:. London: Chambers Harrap. 2437:"Royal Hearts Instructions" 2114:Phillips & Westall 1939 1981:This is known elsewhere as 237:. It is sometimes misnamed 4155: 2685:. London: Treasure Press. 1583:If a player does not have 1339:. If a player holds both ( 917: 781:removed, play starts with 348:while the other was being 124:A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 18: 4066: 2665:Moss, William A. (1995). 2515:Little Giant Encyclopedia 1163:is worth −10 points, and 443:Culbertson's rules (1950) 329:high. If three play, the 213:The game is often called 202:or "black lady". It is a 168: 157: 40: 35: 3172:Twenty-five (Spoil Five) 2703:; Westall, B.C. (1939). 2585:Foster, Robert Frederick 2573:Foster, Robert Frederick 2787:Trick-taking card games 2589:Foster's Complete Hoyle 2577:Foster's Complete Hoyle 2049:Glenn & Denton 2003 622:The player holding the 325:in their normal order, 21:Black Maria (card game) 2541:Arnold, Peter (2011). 2526:. Barnes & Noble. 2524:The Book of Card Games 2522:Arnold, Peter (1995). 1575:appear by themselves. 1391: 319:Anglo-American pattern 298: 36:A trick-avoidance game 4082:Historical card games 3679:(except where stated) 2806:(except where stated) 2749:The Big Book of Rules 2669:. New York: Sterling. 1378: 315:standard 52-card deck 296: 254:hearts suggests. The 23:. 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Whitman. 2741: 2740: 2734: 2730: 2724: 2720: 2719: 2714: 2710: 2706: 2702: 2698: 2694: 2692:1-85051-221-3 2688: 2683: 2682: 2676: 2672: 2668: 2663: 2659: 2657:0-451-20484-0 2653: 2649: 2644: 2640: 2638:1-889752-06-1 2634: 2630: 2625: 2621: 2615: 2611: 2606: 2602: 2598: 2594: 2590: 2586: 2582: 2578: 2574: 2570: 2566: 2562: 2558: 2554: 2548: 2544: 2539: 2535: 2533:1-56619-950-6 2529: 2525: 2520: 2516: 2512: 2511: 2507: 2499: 2498: 2492: 2489: 2476: 2470: 2467: 2463: 2462: 2456: 2453: 2438: 2432: 2429: 2416: 2410: 2407: 2403: 2402: 2396: 2393: 2380: 2376: 2370: 2367: 2363: 2358: 2355: 2351: 2346: 2343: 2340:, p. 61. 2339: 2334: 2331: 2328:, p. 86. 2327: 2322: 2320: 2318: 2314: 2310: 2305: 2302: 2298: 2293: 2290: 2286: 2281: 2278: 2274: 2269: 2266: 2253: 2249: 2243: 2240: 2227: 2221: 2218: 2214: 2209: 2207: 2205: 2201: 2197: 2192: 2189: 2185: 2180: 2177: 2173: 2168: 2165: 2161: 2160:Morehead 2001 2156: 2154: 2152: 2150: 2148: 2146: 2142: 2138: 2133: 2131: 2129: 2127: 2125: 2123: 2119: 2115: 2110: 2108: 2104: 2100: 2095: 2092: 2088: 2087: 2081: 2078: 2075:, p. 65. 2074: 2069: 2066: 2063:, p. 89. 2062: 2057: 2054: 2051:, p. 93. 2050: 2045: 2043: 2041: 2039: 2037: 2035: 2031: 2027: 2022: 2020: 2018: 2016: 2014: 2012: 2008: 2001: 1991: 1988: 1984: 1978: 1975: 1971: 1965: 1962: 1955: 1951: 1948: 1946: 1943: 1942: 1938: 1936: 1934: 1923: 1907: 1905: 1903: 1892: 1881: 1870: 1859: 1848: 1837: 1826: 1815: 1799: 1797: 1795: 1784: 1773: 1762: 1751: 1740: 1729: 1718: 1707: 1696: 1685: 1674: 1663: 1652: 1641: 1638: 1634: 1630: 1626: 1615: 1604: 1593: 1578: 1576: 1569: 1567: 1565: 1554: 1542: 1534: 1523: 1512: 1496: 1494: 1492: 1481: 1470: 1459: 1448: 1437: 1394: 1389: 1377: 1370: 1364: 1353: 1342: 1338: 1334: 1323: 1312: 1308: 1305: 1302: 1291: 1280: 1269: 1258: 1247: 1236: 1225: 1214: 1203: 1199: 1198: 1194: 1193: 1189: 1184: 1173: 1162: 1151: 1140: 1129: 1125: 1122: 1119: 1116: 1113: 1105: 1094: 1082: 1077: 1066: 1062: 1058: 1055: 1054: 1050: 1048: 1046: 1042: 1027: 1025: 1023: 1019: 1008: 997: 986: 971: 969: 966: 955: 944: 928: 926: 921: 913: 911: 905: 903: 900: 894: 889: 885: 882: 879: 876: 873: 870: 866: 863: 859: 856: 855: 854: 851: 844: 839: 836: 832: 827: 824: 821: 818: 817: 815: 809: 808: 806: 794: 791: 780: 769: 758: 757: 756: 750: 748: 746: 735: 724: 708: 705: 702: 699: 695: 692: 688: 687: 686: 683: 681: 673:Passing cards 672: 667: 665: 658: 656: 654: 650: 645: 643: 632: 621: 612: 610: 607: 601: 599: 595: 591: 580: 569: 558: 543:Preliminaries 542: 540: 538: 529: 527: 520: 518: 511: 509: 507: 496: 485: 474: 459:Preliminaries 458: 456: 454: 450: 440: 438: 430: 422: 418: 413: 409: 401: 399: 397: 393: 378: 376: 374: 370: 366: 361: 359: 355: 351: 347: 343: 339: 328: 324: 320: 316: 309:Preliminaries 308: 306: 304: 295: 288: 286: 280: 278: 276: 272: 267: 264: 259: 257: 252: 244: 242: 240: 236: 232: 231:slippery Anne 228: 224: 220: 216: 211: 209: 205: 201: 197: 193: 189: 185: 181: 167: 164: 160: 156: 153:Related games 151: 147: 143: 139: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 116: 113: 109: 105: 101: 98: 94: 93:Card counting 91: 87: 83: 79: 76: 73: 69: 65: 61: 58: 57:United States 55: 51: 44: 39: 34: 26: 22: 4103:}} 4097:{{ 4094:}} 4088:{{ 4085:}} 4079:{{ 4048:Schieberjass 3987:Calabresella 3687:Bauernfangen 3673:German packs 3629:Haferltarock 3603:Bauerntarock 3592:German packs 3572:Twenty-eight 3527:Siebenschräm 3330:French packs 3290:Six-bid solo 3203:French packs 3177:Two-ten-jack 3167:Turkish King 2967:German whist 2962:French whist 2800:French packs 2748: 2738: 2717: 2713:Sackson, Sid 2704: 2680: 2666: 2647: 2628: 2609: 2603:. 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Index

Black Maria (card game)
Black Lady (album)

United States
Trick-avoidance
Card counting
tactics
French
Hearts
Black Maria
card game
hearts group
hearts
queen of spades
trick-avoidance
Ely Culbertson
black Maria
R. F. Foster
discards
slam
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Hearts

R.F. Foster
standard 52-card deck
Anglo-American pattern
rank
aces
deuces
shuffled

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