Description
The player holding the two of clubs leads. The Hearts card game is played in a "No Trump" style. Which means that whatever suit is led is trump. Play must follow suit and goes to the left of the leader. This means that if a player leads a club, every player must play a club as long as he has one in his hand. The highest card of the suit that is led takes the trick. This means that if a 10 of clubs is led, followed by the 6 of clubs, the king of hearts and the jack of clubs, that the jack of clubs takes the trick even though the king of hearts is a higher card. This allows players to slough high hearts and even the queen of spades onto potentially insignificant cards..Hearts are not allowed to be led until they have been broken (sloughed onto another player). This means that if a player is reduced to a couple of hearts and still holds the queen of spades and hearts have not been broken, then he must lead the queen of spades, with all the dire consequences. But if hearts is all he has left then he is allowed to lead a heart..Points are accumulated by taking hearts
